Twenty-Five Months...And Still Going!

It has been a whirlwind in our lives recently...but the journey definitely continues for the Lorenz family! I planned to write much sooner but my plans were repeatedly delayed. So today I will write and try to update you on our Journey of Blessings.

In the past two weeks, we have moved our daughter home from college, celebrated Mother's Day, celebrated our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, celebrated Tim's birthday...and reached the twenty-five month point of our adoption Log-In-Date. Have I missed anything? Oh...our daughter is preparing for a mission trip to Haiti where she will spend almost two weeks working with a Christian Mission in medical services plus she is working at our local pharmacy for the rest of the summer. Our son is in the last several weeks of his junior year in high school so this is a busy time of year for him, as well. He is looking for a job so he can work toward his first car and prepare for his college years in the near future. (Did I mention he attended two proms this spring?) I'm sure there's more going on but for now, I think that's plenty of update information for all of us to process.

Yes, it's been a busy time but a blessed time. We are so thankful that we have a healthy family, a time to celebrate our Moms and the Mom of our baby girl/s in China. We are grateful for twenty-five years of life as our own little family. (How did those years pass so quickly?) We are blessed that our daughter is home and successfully completed her sophomore year of nursing school. She is also blessed to have the pharmacy job and work for a great professor at the university as she continues her education. Our son is growing into such a wonderful young man as he anticipates one more year of high school...and then a college education in architecture. As long as the wait seems, we are also thankful that we are twenty-five months closer to our sweet baby girl/s in China! Twenty-five months LID the day after our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary seemed like perfect timing, too!! My husband's birthday also gave us many reasons to celebrate a wonderful man's life who loves, cares and shares so faithfully! As full as life has been, there has been much to celebrate and anticipate along our journey!

We continue to also thank God for the blessings of precious friends and family who encourage and pray for us as we move closer and closer to our sweet baby girl/s. I can never find adequate words to express just how much you all mean to us as we move toward the time we will meet our JennaBeth (and EmmaKate?) and bring her home with us. Knowing so many of you care and share this journey makes all the difference. The journey is not always easy but it will always be worth it...and we can hardly wait to share the continued joy with you all.

I hope and pray that you are all being blessed in your journeys. Celebrate each moment of every day as a true gift. Be thankful for the blessings and help one another with the burdens. And please cherish the journey we all share together in this life. We're in this together...and we're still going!
Cherishing each step....
Terri and Family