Uplifting Trip to Target

I realized tonight (once again) how God truly knows when you need that uplifting moment. As most of you know this summer and fall have been incredibly busy for both Brent and I and it will not be getting any better until after the holidays. Well, I got home tonight and was really looking forward to a night at home alone while Brent was working. I had only been home about 15 minutes when Brent called to ask me to come to Target and buy some Christmas lights that he wants to try on the house this year. I was tired and really did not want to go and was frustrated that Brent wanted me to get back out to come to the store that he was already at to buy something that he could have bought himself. I had only just walked into the store and turned the corner and passed by a lady with a small dark haired child in her cart. Out of habit I looked to see if the child was Chinese. She was!!!! I walked on and then decided that I would go back and talk to the lady. As soon as she found out that we were in the process of adopting she was as excited to talk to me as I was to her. She introduced me to her daughter and shared some interesting bits of information with me about her trip. I called Brent on my way home and told him how it was just what I needed. Some people have told me how they hate to tell me things about children from China because they are afraid that it will make it harder for me but in all honesty when I talk to someone who has been down this road or I get to see a little girl from China it lifts me up. I think it is because it is conformation that there is an end to the wait and that it will work out and we will have our Kaleigh home in our arms someday in (hopefully) the near future.