Cross Column

Avodah - chinuch - hadracha - ezer kenegdo

7.12.2007

Earlier today

I took DS to his Camp Applause - which btw uses NIV and says "traditional" hymns like When I survey the Wonderous Cross use "old fashioned" language and we need to rewrite it into modern....yeah we aren't doing the devotional book they sent home and I would pull him out but the family is coming tomorrow night to see him in his recital. They also erroniously said David rebuilded the temple...I pointed out that David was already dead when the temple was built.

I brought this up on Tuesday morning when I dropped DS off. Yesterday the lady leading the devotions told me she just copied it wrong and has made the correction in her notes for when she tells it to the kids. She acted like it was no big deal...well it's a good thing someone pointed that out.

I also mentioned that we do KJV not niv and they were like oh we use niv all the time and see nothing wrong with it....guess they don't notice the missing verses, not to mention inaccuracies.

So this morning yet another morning of dropping of my son while all the other mommies dropped off 1+ kids and still had several age newborn to not old enough for the camp (age 4 or 5 because had to be out of kindergarten to attend) and their stares of wow doesn't she have a nice morning with nothing else to do..lucky lady...

they have no idea the sadness and aching and longing I feel to be in their shoes with more children to take home and attend to.

I feel like such a social outcast.

I don't know why we read of Sarah, Rachel, Ruth (she was married 10 years or so to her first hubby and had no children), Hannah, Elizabeth, etc...if they weren't put there to give hope to those who are facing infertility, be it primary or secondary....I don't know what other reason they serve.

5 years and one month believing, praying, seeking, Beseeching, begging, for more children.

And yet here I am online in cyberspace posting my feelings because no one in my real life wants to know or cares. At least not anymore. All they do is giddily tell me about so and so expecting #2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7....and yes good for them but don't my own family know this hurts me and tears me up inside...this is not the kind of news you share giddily with someone who is desiring more children so strongly and yet it ain't happening.

I know suck it up. Quit complaining. You should be thankful for what you do have. Get on with your life. Just adopt -as if it were that easy.

1 comment:

Lady of the house said...

It is painful. I long for more, but DH says we must wait. The first pregnancy resulted in debilitating sciatica for me, so I can see why he thinks we should wait, but sometimes, I just want to take a leap of faith.

I'm so grateful for the one I have, especially when I'm around my B and SIL who have tried for almost 10 years and had their hopes dashed many times with adoption. Neither are even 30 yet. My heart aches for them when I am told about all the babies being born to their high school chums in the small community in which they live -- six in just a few months. How their hearts must ache.

Whenever I long for a break or some peace and quiet, I just think of them.

You are in my prayers.