for Isabella...

for Isabella........

As many of you know, I have spoken of my longing to return to China one day. For several months now I have felt in my heart that we will have another daughter and I have given her the name Isabella. For now she lives only in my heart. We have no plans in the immediate future of beginning this journey. In fact, the Lord would have to move mountains for us to even begin. Certain things would have to come to pass for us to even start the paperwork. One of which is my husband would have to believe that she is meant to be ours too. He doesn't feel like we are to have another daughter but he has said that if it is God's will then He will open the door. I know this is true.... If she is just a longing in my heart then it will not be.... but if she is truly ours I know the Lord will move those mountains and bring her home.

I have decided to begin designing blogs. With help from Connie, tutorials, and the manual, I have finally figured it out. lol I want to thank Connie for all of her help and for the beautiful headers she designed for me in the past. I also want to thank my #1 cheerleader Rony she has been encouraging and coaxing me into giving it a go. Any money that comes in will go towards buying a much needed and desired new camera. After that most of the money will be saved in the hope of one day beginning our journey to Isabella. I also would like to be able to help other children in China in some way.

I am not certain how this endeavor will pan out. My available time is limited so I will only be able to do so many. Assuming anyone will want me to design their blog. I also am working on a new Lady Peep design that will be available soon that I am very excited about.

If you are interested please email me. I am asking for a donation of $50.00 for the blog and $25.00 for the header. If you visit Rony's blog you will see my very first design and even more importantly you will get to see her beautiful baby girls' sweet faces.... they are guaranteed to steal your heart.

To kick it off I am going to have a drawing for a free blog design give away. If you would like to be entered in the drawing please leave a comment telling me you want to be entered. (Make certain I have a way to contact you if you are chosen.) The name will be drawn on Weds. night.

If you like my new blog design please tell me in the comments too........ please, oh, please..... I can use all of the confidence I can get. I also just want to say to all those who stop by.... thank you for taking the time to share in special moments with my family. Some of you I have had the blessing and honor of becoming friends with and I am oh, so thankful for your encouragement, support, and friendship.

The pearl in my header is for Isabella.... like a precious seed of love and hope growing in my heart. Perhaps it will represent each child who finds them self with out their Mother. But I can't help hoping that Isabella is truly mine. That one day she will be in my arms. If it is the Lord's will, if I am her Mother then one day I will replace that tiny pearl with a photograph of her beautiful face. Until then, it will remain on my header as a banner of hope.... Hope for the little child that cries themselves to sleep each night instead of being nestled in their Mother's loving arms.... Hope that the love I feel for my child I have yet to know is real and not a figment of what I long to be... Hope that my Isabella will one day come home...