Friday, July 06, 2007

Dinner,Friends, Support, Quilt Squares

Tonight was our monthly support group at the Chapmans or as its called "First Friday". We started the evening with dinner at a Mexican restaurant with the Kim and Michael and Tymm and Laura. Its amazing how many friends we have made during this process.
Next off we headed to our gathering and who did I see at the door? It was Miss Laney! Yes Miss Laney was there, after only being home for a few days. Many of you have read me talk about her and some of you read her blog over the past few weeks. Call me emotional, but I felt some tears when I saw her with her mommy. You see..Laney is the first baby we have seen come home after watching the process..Seeing her was precious. A fun time was had by all, starting to really get to know some friends and even got 2 new quilt squares!

There were actually several babies there and I wish I had been able to meet them all. I met some new people and visited with other families.

There is one lady who always encourages me. She is a mom and is happy and positive and loves Jesus. Just talking to her brings me a sense of peace.

Visiting with these families is such an encouragement each month. Families who attend are in all stages from those paperchasing to families who are home with their children!!!

A lot of families saw their baby's face for the first time today. Congrats to you all!

Perhaps a picture tomorrow...

11 comments:

Middle-Aged Moi said...

We all need that kind of support. Your friend sounds very precious!

Tammy said...

We enjoyed seeing you both last night! We'll have to barge in on your dinner one First Friday night. :) Have a great month and we'll see you in August!

redmaryjanes said...

I am glad that you have a true friend to help you through all of this. It's so important. Be strong Amy.

Kim said...

Have a GREAT Weekend..
Great support..
Kim

Roy and Lori said...

Sounds like a wonderful
group of friends. It's nice
to have such supportive
people to spend time with!

Elise said...

Sounds like a great night!!!

Jill and Jaap said...

Sounds like a great time.

rubyiscoming said...

Sounds like a great evening - we all need shoulders to lean on :)

Michelle said...

How nice to have a group like this to meet with!

Roy and Lori said...

Just wanted to say hello and
I hope the two of you are
having a great weekend.

Emily said...

Hi,
I followed your link off of Mary Beth's blog... I hope you don't mind if I hang out a bit - I can't wait to begin adopting... but am still waiting for several steps from God to happen first. It does my heart good to be able to read about other people's journeys, though... I'll keep you in my prayers!
Emily