Storyline Winter 2019

“What about Daddy’s tummy?”
“Daddy’s tummy doesn’t work to make babies either.” The look on
her face said it all. We were complete and utter losers. “In our family
when we want a baby we ask Jesus. He gives us our family. That’s
how we got you.” She didn’t know we had reactivated our adoption
file the previous year and had already had 2 failed potential matches.
She gave me a look I had become all too familiar with — the “I’ll Do This
Myself” look. She hopped out of the tub, wrapped up in her hooded
bath towel, and said, “I’ll ask Him,” and went to her room to kneel by her
bed and pray.
Oh, Lord, what have I just done?
She came back exactly 1 minute later with a smug grin on her face.
“He said yes. I can have one.”
“Honey, it’s only a couple more weeks until Christmas. You know there
won’t be a baby sister under the tree when you come downstairs on
Christmas morning, right?”
“I know that! It takes lots longer to grow a baby!” Accompanied by the
first of countless eye-rolls.
My conversation with Steve later that evening was an interesting one!
And 9 months later, nearly to the day, we welcomed our new daughter
and her birth mom Alison into our family.
Flash forward to 1996, a couple weeks later.
A large box was unexpectedly delivered to
my door. I opened it up and it was filled with
clothes for both our girls. Enough to last them
for the fall and winter season to come. And
sitting right on top? The pink shoes.
Explain to me again that God doesn’t care about little things. Tell me
about how it is just a coincidence that the exact shoes my daughter
asked for in a Canadian store were purchased in the US and sent to her
from an aunt who had no idea Brittany had asked for them. Had no clue
what her shoe size was. They fit perfectly, by the way. Brittany wore
those shoes until they were literally falling off her feet.
What’s your pink shoes? I’ve had a few throughout 2019. And I prayed
with faith believing that God cares about me, and He faithfully and
completely provided everything I needed. You can do that, too. Make
2020 the year of asking for your pink shoes. Then stand back and watch
God go! •
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