Deciding to have a baby is like planning a trip to Australia. You've heard it's a wonderful place, you've read many guidebooks and feel certain you're ready to go. Everyone you know has traveled there by plane. They say it can be a turbulent flight with occasional rough landings, but you can look forward to being pampered on the trip.
So you go to the airport and ask the ticket agent for a ticket to Australia. All around you, excited people are boarding planes for Australia. It seems there is no seat for you; you'll have to wait for the next flight. Impatient, but anticipating a wonderful trip, you wait--and wait--and wait.Flights to Australia continue to come and go. People say silly things like, "Relax. You'll get on a flight soon." Other people actually get on a plane and then cancel their trip, to which you cry, "It's not fair!"
After a long time the ticket agent tells you, "I'm sorry, we're not going to be able to get you on a plane to Australia. Perhaps you should think about going by boat."
"By BOAT!" you say. "Going by boat will take a very long time and it costs a great deal of money. I really had my heart set on going by plane." So you go home and think about not going to Australia at all. You wonder if Australia will be as beautiful if you approach it by sea rather than air. But you have long dreamed of this wonderful place, and finally you decide to travel by boat.
It is a long trip, many months over many rough seas. No one pampers you. You wonder if you will ever see Australia.
Meanwhile, your friends have flown back and forth to Australia two or three more times, marveling about each trip.
Then one glorious day, the boat docks in Australia. It is more exquisite than you ever imagined, and the beauty is magnified by your long days at sea. You have made many wonderful friends during your voyage, and you find yourself comparing stories with other who also traveled by sea rather then by air.
People continue to fly to Australia as often as they like, but you are about to travel only once, perhaps twice. Some say things like, "Oh, be glad you didn't fly. My flight was horrible; traveling by sea is so easy."You will always wonder what it would have been like to fly to Australia. Still, you know God blessed you with a special appreciation of Australia, and the beauty of Australia is not in the way you get there, but in the place itself. By Diane Armitage printed in the April 21, 1995 "Dear Abby" column.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
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Oh Amanda, you're amazing! Never forget that, you'll see the end of the tunnel soon.
That was a very thoughtful post. I liked the analogy. I know you'll have your heart's desire granted before you know it. Just hang in there!
That is so true. I once was on that boat to Australia, and I have flown twice. But while I was on the boat to Australia I was so excited to get there, and the whole prosses, that when I did get on the plane, I wanted to take the boat. Either way you get there, it will be great. You will see.
oh sweetheart. this made me cry! I thought you wrote it! it's a beautiful analogy and a wonderful way to open up the hearts and minds of those around you. thanks hun. I love you and pray for you always! I admire your strength and faith. it meant a lot to us to have you at the party last night. thanks for being part of our family.
Hey gorgeous! I cried too! You are able to take anything that is thrown at you and turn it into something positive. You are such an amazing person to be able to do that. Not a lot of people have that ability. It made me happy to read this as well because I can see you one day with that beautiful baby! Love ya sis! --Jeni
That is beautiful! I promise you that no matter how you get there - you will get there!!! Love you!
I wish I had a way to conntact you better,and I hope you dont find this weird, but we met a little on babyfit over a year or so ago, but I have a friend in Utah that has adopted a baby and wants contacts of families interested in adopting babies born from january to july. i'm not sure how it all works, what you have to do, or anything but she wants those interested to email her. I will give you my email. Let me know if you want to contact her to see what all is invloved. just please delete this so my email isnt posted for forever. drewsbunny {at} yahoo {dot} com.
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