Thursday, August 24, 2006
Life sometimes just isn't fair.
Today I read Ben and Wanda's blog. It made me cry. I can't even begin to imagine what they are feeling.
Ben and Wanda are friends that I made through the ASOC while living in Atlanta, and are quite possibly two of the funnest people to be around on the face of the earth. And Ben and Wanda have been trying to turn the fun of 2 great people into the fun of 3. Yes, they've been trying to have a baby for god knows how long. (You can read about it here.) They've done everything that they can do - and in the process found out about Wanda's endometriosis (let me tell you, I was pissed on her behalf that she didn't have a doctor to figure that one out until she was in her 30's). But this week they found out that things aren't going to work for them, not in a biological sort of way.
I know that Ben and Wanda will be pursuing adoption (specifically from China), and the good thing to come out of this is that there will be a child (or 4) somewhere who is now going to have a home where he/she will be loved and provided for.
I guess what gets to me most is that in my line of work I see unfit parents on a daily basis and people who don't want their children, and I know two people who want a child desperately but can't have one. The only reasoning that I can come up with is that whatever god there is must have a child somewhere that needs them as desperately are they need the child and that they will find each other and share a love that is unconditional.
And so here is my wish and my prayer for Ben and Wanda ~ I pray to whatever is out there in this universe to help the you two find your child, because there is a child out there that is yours. ¶ 9:11 PM
Ben and Wanda are friends that I made through the ASOC while living in Atlanta, and are quite possibly two of the funnest people to be around on the face of the earth. And Ben and Wanda have been trying to turn the fun of 2 great people into the fun of 3. Yes, they've been trying to have a baby for god knows how long. (You can read about it here.) They've done everything that they can do - and in the process found out about Wanda's endometriosis (let me tell you, I was pissed on her behalf that she didn't have a doctor to figure that one out until she was in her 30's). But this week they found out that things aren't going to work for them, not in a biological sort of way.
I know that Ben and Wanda will be pursuing adoption (specifically from China), and the good thing to come out of this is that there will be a child (or 4) somewhere who is now going to have a home where he/she will be loved and provided for.
I guess what gets to me most is that in my line of work I see unfit parents on a daily basis and people who don't want their children, and I know two people who want a child desperately but can't have one. The only reasoning that I can come up with is that whatever god there is must have a child somewhere that needs them as desperately are they need the child and that they will find each other and share a love that is unconditional.
And so here is my wish and my prayer for Ben and Wanda ~ I pray to whatever is out there in this universe to help the you two find your child, because there is a child out there that is yours. ¶ 9:11 PM
