I normally despise these stinky little critters and honestly we have our home exterminated every year for them, spiders and such. Where we live, they are a huge nuisance and become a huge aggravation every spring. They invade homes and slip in the tiniest of spots and worse yet, they STINK! See the lovely little trail this one on the right was producing on my bathroom mirror this morning? It's a stench trail! But I digress . . .
You see, in the world of international adoption they are considered "good luck". This stems from an incident tat occurred in southern China many years ago. Around 2003 or 2005 a group of families was in Guanzhou China (the exit point for all adoptive families) and there was a huge "ladybug invasion" From that time forward, the ladybug became a welcome symbol for waiting families and one of hope and excitement as well as good luck for things to come. So last week we had one our kitchen window and then a day or two ago, one in our bedroom. Last night we found one in the chest of drawers on our nursery and this morning, Ta Da! And as far as updates are concerned . . . our agency phoned us Tuesday evening and explained they had heard from China and they are expecting our referral to arrive before the end of the month! What? Oh my golly!!! After roughly seven and a half years . . . we are anticipating "the call" late this week! It's all coming into sight, thank you so much Heavenly Father!
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