This Page

has moved to a new address:

https://rosevinecottagegirls.com

Sorry for the inconvenience…

Redirection provided by Blogger to WordPress Migration Service
----------------------------------------------- Blogger Template Style Name: Rounders Date: 27 Feb 2004 ----------------------------------------------- */ body { background:#aba; margin:0; padding:20px 10px; text-align:center; font:x-small/1.5em "Trebuchet MS",Verdana,Arial,Sans-serif; color:#333; font-size/* */:/**/small; font-size: /**/small; } /* Page Structure ----------------------------------------------- */ /* The images which help create rounded corners depend on the following widths and measurements. If you want to change these measurements, the images will also need to change. */ @media all { #content { width:740px; margin:0 auto; text-align:left; } #main { width:485px; float:left; background:#fff url("https://resources.blogblog.com/blogblog/data/rounders/corners_main_bot.gif") no-repeat left bottom; margin:15px 0 0; padding:0 0 10px; color:#000; font-size:97%; line-height:1.5em; } #main2 { float:left; width:100%; background:url("https://resources.blogblog.com/blogblog/data/rounders/corners_main_top.gif") no-repeat left top; padding:10px 0 0; } #main3 { background:url("https://resources.blogblog.com/blogblog/data/rounders/rails_main.gif") repeat-y; padding:0; } #sidebar { width:240px; float:right; margin:15px 0 0; font-size:97%; line-height:1.5em; } } @media handheld { #content { width:90%; } #main { width:100%; float:none; background:#fff; } #main2 { float:none; background:none; } #main3 { background:none; padding:0; } #sidebar { width:100%; float:none; } } /* Links ----------------------------------------------- */ a:link { color:#258; } a:visited { color:#666; } a:hover { color:#c63; } a img { border-width:0; } /* Blog Header ----------------------------------------------- */ @media all { #header { background:#456 url("https://resources.blogblog.com/blogblog/data/rounders/corners_cap_top.gif") no-repeat left top; margin:0 0 0; padding:8px 0 0; color:#fff; } #header div { background:url("https://resources.blogblog.com/blogblog/data/rounders/corners_cap_bot.gif") no-repeat left bottom; padding:0 15px 8px; } } @media handheld { #header { background:#456; } #header div { background:none; } } #blog-title { margin:0; padding:10px 30px 5px; font-size:200%; line-height:1.2em; } #blog-title a { text-decoration:none; color:#fff; } #description { margin:0; padding:5px 30px 10px; font-size:94%; line-height:1.5em; } /* Posts ----------------------------------------------- */ .date-header { margin:0 28px 0 43px; font-size:85%; line-height:2em; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.2em; color:#357; } .post { margin:.3em 0 25px; padding:0 13px; border:1px dotted #bbb; border-width:1px 0; } .post-title { margin:0; font-size:135%; line-height:1.5em; background:url("https://resources.blogblog.com/blogblog/data/rounders/icon_arrow.gif") no-repeat 10px .5em; display:block; border:1px dotted #bbb; border-width:0 1px 1px; padding:2px 14px 2px 29px; color:#333; } a.title-link, .post-title strong { text-decoration:none; display:block; } a.title-link:hover { background-color:#ded; color:#000; } .post-body { border:1px dotted #bbb; border-width:0 1px 1px; border-bottom-color:#fff; padding:10px 14px 1px 29px; } html>body .post-body { border-bottom-width:0; } .post p { margin:0 0 .75em; } p.post-footer { background:#ded; margin:0; padding:2px 14px 2px 29px; border:1px dotted #bbb; border-width:1px; border-bottom:1px solid #eee; font-size:100%; line-height:1.5em; color:#666; text-align:right; } html>body p.post-footer { border-bottom-color:transparent; } p.post-footer em { display:block; float:left; text-align:left; font-style:normal; } a.comment-link { /* IE5.0/Win doesn't apply padding to inline elements, so we hide these two declarations from it */ background/* */:/**/url("https://resources.blogblog.com/blogblog/data/rounders/icon_comment.gif") no-repeat 0 45%; padding-left:14px; } html>body a.comment-link { /* Respecified, for IE5/Mac's benefit */ background:url("https://resources.blogblog.com/blogblog/data/rounders/icon_comment.gif") no-repeat 0 45%; padding-left:14px; } .post img { margin:0 0 5px 0; padding:4px; border:1px solid #ccc; } blockquote { margin:.75em 0; border:1px dotted #ccc; border-width:1px 0; padding:5px 15px; color:#666; } .post blockquote p { margin:.5em 0; } /* Comments ----------------------------------------------- */ #comments { margin:-25px 13px 0; border:1px dotted #ccc; border-width:0 1px 1px; padding:20px 0 15px 0; } #comments h4 { margin:0 0 10px; padding:0 14px 2px 29px; border-bottom:1px dotted #ccc; font-size:120%; line-height:1.4em; color:#333; } #comments-block { margin:0 15px 0 9px; } .comment-data { background:url("https://resources.blogblog.com/blogblog/data/rounders/icon_comment.gif") no-repeat 2px .3em; margin:.5em 0; padding:0 0 0 20px; color:#666; } .comment-poster { font-weight:bold; } .comment-body { margin:0 0 1.25em; padding:0 0 0 20px; } .comment-body p { margin:0 0 .5em; } .comment-timestamp { margin:0 0 .5em; padding:0 0 .75em 20px; color:#666; } .comment-timestamp a:link { color:#666; } .deleted-comment { font-style:italic; color:gray; } .paging-control-container { float: right; margin: 0px 6px 0px 0px; font-size: 80%; } .unneeded-paging-control { visibility: hidden; } /* Profile ----------------------------------------------- */ @media all { #profile-container { background:#cdc url("https://resources.blogblog.com/blogblog/data/rounders/corners_prof_bot.gif") no-repeat left bottom; margin:0 0 15px; padding:0 0 10px; color:#345; } #profile-container h2 { background:url("https://resources.blogblog.com/blogblog/data/rounders/corners_prof_top.gif") no-repeat left top; padding:10px 15px .2em; margin:0; border-width:0; font-size:115%; line-height:1.5em; color:#234; } } @media handheld { #profile-container { background:#cdc; } #profile-container h2 { background:none; } } .profile-datablock { margin:0 15px .5em; border-top:1px dotted #aba; padding-top:8px; } .profile-img {display:inline;} .profile-img img { float:left; margin:0 10px 5px 0; border:4px solid #fff; } .profile-data strong { display:block; } #profile-container p { margin:0 15px .5em; } #profile-container .profile-textblock { clear:left; } #profile-container a { color:#258; } .profile-link a { background:url("https://resources.blogblog.com/blogblog/data/rounders/icon_profile.gif") no-repeat 0 .1em; padding-left:15px; font-weight:bold; } ul.profile-datablock { list-style-type:none; } /* Sidebar Boxes ----------------------------------------------- */ @media all { .box { background:#fff url("https://resources.blogblog.com/blogblog/data/rounders/corners_side_top.gif") no-repeat left top; margin:0 0 15px; padding:10px 0 0; color:#666; } .box2 { background:url("https://resources.blogblog.com/blogblog/data/rounders/corners_side_bot.gif") no-repeat left bottom; padding:0 13px 8px; } } @media handheld { .box { background:#fff; } .box2 { background:none; } } .sidebar-title { margin:0; padding:0 0 .2em; border-bottom:1px dotted #9b9; font-size:115%; line-height:1.5em; color:#333; } .box ul { margin:.5em 0 1.25em; padding:0 0px; list-style:none; } .box ul li { background:url("https://resources.blogblog.com/blogblog/data/rounders/icon_arrow_sm.gif") no-repeat 2px .25em; margin:0; padding:0 0 3px 16px; margin-bottom:3px; border-bottom:1px dotted #eee; line-height:1.4em; } .box p { margin:0 0 .6em; } /* Footer ----------------------------------------------- */ #footer { clear:both; margin:0; padding:15px 0 0; } @media all { #footer div { background:#456 url("https://resources.blogblog.com/blogblog/data/rounders/corners_cap_top.gif") no-repeat left top; padding:8px 0 0; color:#fff; } #footer div div { background:url("https://resources.blogblog.com/blogblog/data/rounders/corners_cap_bot.gif") no-repeat left bottom; padding:0 15px 8px; } } @media handheld { #footer div { background:#456; } #footer div div { background:none; } } #footer hr {display:none;} #footer p {margin:0;} #footer a {color:#fff;} /* Feeds ----------------------------------------------- */ #blogfeeds { } #postfeeds { padding:0 15px 0; }

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Hope Deferred Makes The Heart Sick


For as long as I can remember we have wanted more kids in the family. Through the years we've had several opportunities to adopt- but each one fell through.

The first one, a scared young girl. In the end, her mother took her to get an abortion. Several months later a pastor friend introduced us to a woman wanting to give her baby up for adoption. But she ended up getting an abortion. Around a year later we were introduced to another woman, but this one too ended in heartbreak for our family.




It is so hard to keep believing- to keep hoping when your hopes and dreams are continually dashed across the stones. All you wanted to do is curl in a ball and cry. You're angry, that you let your guard down and got hurt again. It stinks. So many emotions war for the spotlight. Days tick by... and your friends look at you wondering what the heck happened, while you mourn the lives of the children you never met but had already become part of your family. As time passes you begin to heal, you learn to keep taking baby steps, one day at a time. To keep the faith, that one day the desires of your heart will fill your arms.

Related Post: I Thought He Was My Isaac 

Ironically our dogs' name is Faith. She is our constant reminder, have faith... On our wall, there is a sign "Faith shines brightest in the dark". Keep believing, one day you will have the desires of your heart.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12...




Labels:

24 Comments:

At June 14, 2015 at 7:55 AM , Blogger Unknown said...

Faith is like oxygen i think. It's necessary for our survival! I wish you all the best to come!

 
At June 14, 2015 at 4:03 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Beautiful words that touched my aching soul. **hugs**

 
At June 14, 2015 at 4:04 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Touching. Blessings

 
At June 14, 2015 at 4:04 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

((hugs)) friend

 
At June 14, 2015 at 9:29 PM , Blogger Ali @ Little Miss Poof Blog said...

My heart hurts for you and I pray that you keep looking to Christ for strength, comfort, peace and guidance. #thepeonyproject

 
At June 15, 2015 at 4:47 AM , Blogger Godly Homemaker (Andrea) said...

keep on looking up to God for your hope!

 
At June 15, 2015 at 5:51 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have so many friends struggling with infertility. I shared one of their stories awhile back on my blog (http://thejollymoments.com/2014/04/18/hope-deferred/). Although her story is different, I pray it encourages you to never lose hope or faith. May God continue to strengthen you during this time. #thepeonyproject

 
At June 15, 2015 at 6:20 PM , Blogger Laura Hughes said...

I'm sorry to hear that this process has not been a simple one for you. Have faith and believe that one day you will welcome a new child into your lives, and they will fill you up with love and be worth all the waiting and pain.

love.

 
At June 15, 2015 at 6:51 PM , Blogger Unknown said...

Oh how my heart breaks for you. Keep having faith. God loves you.

 
At June 19, 2015 at 1:03 AM , Blogger Katie said...

I'm sorry the road has not been easy. I pray you will hold onto Faith xo

 
At September 11, 2017 at 11:07 AM , Blogger Unknown said...

we tried for sooo long to have a baby...i was married before, and throughout that marriage i was never able to conceive. i know realize it's me, even though tests never gave us a reason...but when i married my now husband, he gifted me with a son and a daughter through marriage. shortly after we were married, i became pregnant with our son. i call him my gift from God, my forgiveness child. people make comments about my love for him...i don't think it's any different than any mother's love for a child...but after all the years before him, and the years after him, when i could not conceive again, despite not using any type of birth control, he is special to my heart. we have 3 wonderful children, and i am content. i'm at peace. and two of these children gifted us with spouse and grandsons. i am happy. but i do understand the pain of not being able to conceive, and all the disappointment and waiting. especially when you have friends who have no problem conceiving!! God blessed me with 3 children in two different ways. i am content like i said, and do not have any regrets. i'm happy. and fulfilled. and blessed. thank you for sharing with us. i said it before, and will say it again, i'm so happy i found your blog! God is good...always, even when we do not understand His decisions. He is good.

 
At September 11, 2017 at 12:07 PM , Blogger Debby said...

Our son and wife adopted two girls from foster care. We love them, and forget that they are adopted. They are our heartbeat. God is so good. After 13 years, our daughter-in-law is having a baby. The long awaited dream and prayer will be born this month. For this child we have prayed.....thank you, Lord. God's timing is always perfect.

 
At November 8, 2017 at 10:52 PM , Blogger Rosevine Cottage Girls said...

You are so right! Thank you so much for your kind words.

 
At November 8, 2017 at 10:52 PM , Blogger Rosevine Cottage Girls said...

Thank you! God bless!

 
At November 8, 2017 at 10:53 PM , Blogger Rosevine Cottage Girls said...

Thank you! **hugs**

 
At November 8, 2017 at 10:53 PM , Blogger Rosevine Cottage Girls said...

Thank you so much Ali! I cherish that!

 
At November 8, 2017 at 10:53 PM , Blogger Rosevine Cottage Girls said...

Thank you so much Andi!

 
At November 8, 2017 at 10:54 PM , Blogger Rosevine Cottage Girls said...

Thank you so much!

 
At November 8, 2017 at 10:54 PM , Blogger Rosevine Cottage Girls said...

Thank you so much Laura. That means so much to me.

 
At November 8, 2017 at 10:54 PM , Blogger Rosevine Cottage Girls said...

Thank you so much Brandi!

 
At November 8, 2017 at 10:55 PM , Blogger Rosevine Cottage Girls said...

Thank you so much Katie!

 
At November 8, 2017 at 10:59 PM , Blogger Rosevine Cottage Girls said...

Thank you so much for sharing Debi. God is good. So glad you found us too. Love that I can call you friend.

 
At November 8, 2017 at 11:00 PM , Blogger Rosevine Cottage Girls said...

I am so excited for you guys and her. What a beautiful gift! Thank you so much for sharing. **hugs**

 
At January 3, 2018 at 11:27 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey I am so thrilled I found your web site, I
really found you by accident, while I was researching on Aol for something else, Nonetheless I am here now and would just like to say kudos for a fantastic post and a all round entertaining blog (I also love the theme/design), I don't have time to read it all at the minute but I have
book-marked it and also included your RSS feeds, so when I have time I will be back
to read more, Please do keep up the superb work.

 

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home