A Daydream

I don't dream very often. When I do have dreams they are often nightmares. I can count on one hand the number of times I have received a dream from God. This dream I am about to share, is one of those. I have debated for sometime as to whether or not I should share it and right now I feel that I should.

Saturday August 24th, we got up really early to take the boys to see a hot air balloon festival. We had a really good time! When we got home we were exhausted. We put Bubba down in his bed and Bear laid down with me and that is when this dream happened-- in the middle of the day. This dream was so vivid, it is ingrained in my mind as though it happened yesterday.

I found myself in a hospital room. The room number was 102 or 105 (I don't know for certain, a 2 is an inverted 5). The room had a pale blue curtain with polka dots on it hanging down from the ceiling for privacy. I went into the bathroom of this particular room to relieve myself, but was unable to get the door to shut, this was frustrating for me and I decided to give up on using the bathroom.

A moment later a fuss was made over the loud speaker. Lights were flashing and things were in great commotion. I watched a woman with dark hair amble down the hallway.

Next thing  I knew I was sitting on a hospital bed watching the following events unfold in front of my eyes.

I saw this same dark haired woman from before sitting on a hospital bed. Her hair was big like Moana. I couldn't make out her face. Standing on her right side was a man with dark hair, he looked islander to me. I could sense that they were around 24 years old and college athletes.

On her left hand side were two nurses. One of the nurses was holding a dark haired baby. This nurse said, "I'm going to give this baby the best chance it's got." The other nurse replied, "You're nicer than most."

This young couple had not intended on getting pregnant and did not want this child. I felt such deep unconditional love for this child. I knew that this child was meant to come to our family.

I sat bolt upright in bed, drenched in sweat. At about that exact moment Andy walked into the room, he looked at me and asked if everything was okay. I told him we are supposed to adopt a baby and he said, "Okay."

Adoption is something we had been talking about, but we hadn't decided whether or not we would pursue it. I think God allowed me to see this dream because he knew I needed it. We aren't sure where this young mom is and we don't know how this baby will end up coming into our lives, but we pray for them both. We hope that this little one will join us sooner rather than later.

An Early Morning Wake Up Call

One of my earliest childhood memories is of a hot air balloon floating over our church house, I was about 3 or 4 years old at the time. Ever since then, I have had a love of hot air balloons. There is something majestic about them.

About four or five years ago, Andy and I were able to fulfill a dream of mine and we went on a hot air balloon ride. It was such a neat experience!

Every August there is a hot air balloon festival in a nearby town. This year we decided to wake the boys up early to see the balloons.

The night before we showed Bubba some videos on YouTube of hot air balloons. He kept saying "Big fire."

When we walked in his room about 5:00 am, he sat bolt up right in bed. He knew exactly what we were going to go do. He was the first one ready to go and wide awake in the car the entire drive.

When we arrived at the park where the festival was being held, there were a few balloons up in the air, some were ready to launch and others were just starting to be filled. Bubba was so excited!

Bubba.

Excitement.

We watched a yellow balloon be filled and Bubba touched the basket. Once it was full we watched it take off and then we followed it. Chasing a balloon is a lot of fun! You never really know where it is going to land because it follows the wind currents. The balloon Andy and I rode in landed on the road in a neighborhood in front of people's houses.

Bear, not sure what is going on.

Watching "Big Fire."

Snuggles with Mom.

This balloon landed in a huge field of dead grass. It was fun to watch it land and help put the balloon away. Bubba even helped.

The pilot was the older gentleman in the hat.

Helping put the balloon away.

Bubba with the basket.

Andy & Bubba.

Bear & Andy.

The Basket

After our balloon adventure we looked into going on a bi-plane ride (that's another goal of mine). But no bi-planes were flying that day.

We decided to go out for breakfast as a family, this is something we never do. We ate at Elmers-- I don't usually say this when we eat out, but the food was so good!

Then we drove home and took some much needed naps-- it was during my nap that I had a dream I believe came from God. I'm still debating about whether or not I want to share it on the blog.