Piece by piece...

*EDITED to add something very important I just got today in my inbox... READY

This is my baby.. aka Cliff.. see hasn't he changed so much... my resolve has been strengthened. God is good and I can't wait to give him all my love in person!! So I may continue to plead and beg for help but my word isn't his face worth it? Love pure love and he does not even realize we are out here

 ok now to my original post :)

Guess what arrived in the mail today??

Remember me and the whole patience is a virtue thingy?? You can't imagine how I just want to start sorting and putting this puzzle together! But I must wait. See this puzzle symbolizes our journey to Joshua/Cliff. It symbolizes piece by piece our efforts and the efforts of others to bring him home. Truly our puzzle will never be complete without Joshua here in our home. So piece by piece we move towards that goal. I do not want to focus on how many pieces we still have to sell but rather LOOK at this:

16 puzzle pieces already sold!! Honestly I hope we do sell all 500 pieces! I would love to be able to gift someone our grandmothers ring. Right now it is the only thing that we own of value that really means something to our family but I am forever grateful we sold 16! When I can finally put our puzzle together I am going to relish each and every piece as I do it. I think I am going to save the final piece for when Joshua first enters our home and help him to place it. If you have an extra $10 you can spare just once until March 14th to buy a puzzle piece, we would appreciate it and you would get us one more piece closer. Here are the details of the puzzle piece giveaway!  and do not forget to share our blog, story and fundraiser! Come back when you do and click on the share button and leave a comment. We firmly believe in sharing :)

Please say some extra prayers for our family. Tomorrow is our home study meeting and I am a bit nervous to say the least. Excited as it is another step to our son but a bit nervous as well. I will update tomorrow after our appointment. Give your children an extra hug tonight and think of Joshua/Cliff. My heart just aches for him daily and can't wait to give him all the hugs he deserves!
~Lisa