Simply put...................

 

 

Sometimes life requires a leap of faith......

Our Journey of Love to with Emma Grace!

During my nap time freedom, I have been doing a lot of thinking and soul searching lately.  Recently I started wondering about Emma Grace's life before us. Her life before Goodson.  Her life even before Feng.  I wondered about August 24th 2010 - the day she was born in Shanghai, China.  What was that day like?  Was it a nice day?  I would imagine it had to have been a beautiful sunny day with a fresh scent of Lotus Flower in the air, as a beautiful wee angel was born.  But I am biased, so I decided to step back in time and see what I could find.  No need for a crystal ball though.  Time travel is an easy nap time drive down the information highway.  Zero to 2010 in 30 seconds.    I was able to find out some simple facts, like - August 24, 2010 was the 236th day of the year of the Tiger.   And on that day there would be a full moon - at the first degree of Pisces to be exact, and Lindsay Lohan would be released from a rehab center  22 days into a three month program..........hhhmmmm......interesting.......Lohan......is she ever really not there......Then I got to wondering  what we were doing on that day ourselves.  Was it a special day for us somehow??  I had no specific memory tied to that day, so I figured probably not.  I guessed August 24th 2010 was probably just a typical summer day with us obviously having no idea of just how monumental  it would be to us down the road. But I wanted to know if I could find something.  So I took a look back back back to our past - scrolling through 2012.....whipping through 2011.....I knew that FB timeline would be good for something......and then finally..... 2010.  No post for that day that I could see.........how about pictures......pictures of the past.  There were plenty of pictures of Eleanor puppy and hamburger and fries from the Burger Station.....hay.....the Burger Station.....mmmmmm.......more pictures of Eleanor......And then.... low and behold.............I found August 24th, 2010 in the lives of Scott and Lisa Goodson photo op style..........And in fact it was not a typical day in our lives.  I remember praying to God to let me survive that day, while  sitting at the picnic table on the deck of the A-Frame cottage we were staying in the night before.....I was pretty sure I was in major danger.  But I had come that far and there was no turning back.  We did something very out of the ordinary that day, especially for me.  On this day we leaped off the edge and went for a ride through the air under the direction of Love.  Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 was the day we went zip lining at Hocking Hill's Ohio Canopy Tours.  Our guide was named Love.  This is one recommended experience!!  Great fun! 

 

It was the most exciting thing I had ever done at that time in my life.  It was a special  day for us too after all.....more so than we could have ever known at the time.  It made me laugh a bit remembering when we were asked to turn in pictures of us together for our dossier and I included the zip picture.  Our consultant said it was a very nice picture with big smiles, but suggested it would probably be a wise thing to have some taken without helmets on instead..........thought it might make someone on the other side of our world a little nervous when viewing our profile.  Little did she know she was looking at a very special moment in time.  The day our baby girl was born.  A moment she helped bring together in the end.   I went to take a peak at that picture we have placed in a frame  from the trip and  first thing I notice were the words "leap of faith" etched on it.  They were always there, but I never really thought about it before.  A little sign of things to come was right under our noses the whole time.  I love when that happens.  And what a leap we took!!  So happy we did for what a blessing we would have missed if we turned back from the edge.  We love you Emma Grace Goodson!  Thank you for choosing us to be your parents.  After such a short time, we would be lost without you. You bring such joy to our lives.  Every moment with you was worth the wait.   So happy we are finally together where we belong!  You have so much you will have to go through in this 2nd year of life.  In just  the next several weeks and months you will have countless medical appointments, therapy sessions, surgeries, evaluations etc. etc.  Mommy and Daddy will be with you every step of the way!   No matter what we are together now FOREVER!!  It's funny, with all the  nervousness, uncertainties and major decisions in the making for our family of late  -  all it takes is a quick glimpse of a picture from the past, and realizing that it shows a very special place on our red thread  attached to the other side of the world, to make me know that we are headed in the right direction........we always have been.  We are headed in OUR direction.  And there's no better way to be going.  And through our journey we will now and forever always remember that  - sometimes life requires a leap of faith......it's all good - just go one step at a time - together......always letting Love be our guide!

 

the day our daughter Emma Grace was born
 

"An invisible red thread connects those destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstances. The thread may stretch or tangle, but never break." - Ancient Chinese Proverb

just because i think it rules.....:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdIcXCFAgZI