Thank you for celebrating with us! We are delighted. As excited as the first. As nervous as the second. As stretched as the third. As prayerful as the fourth. The question everyone asks after four boys, is “Are you hoping for a girl?” The Preacher and I had a revelation the other day while driving to our first camping trip with four kiddos: If we had two boys and two girls, we may very well STILL be pregnant with number 5. The desire to have a daughter is still there–perhaps even greater for my husband than for me. But, something has changed in us over the years of raising children. Child bearing and child rearing has become for us, less about what we want, and more about what God wants to accomplish in and through us. That may include child bearing; that may include adoption. Parenthood has magnified our awareness […]