Christmas miracles

It is weird having a rather regular Christmas: no home visits, paperwork updates, rescheduled court dates, waiting for 'the Call'...  We are just a regular family with regular kids, I hardly even remember they aren't ours biologically most of the time!  For the first time in eight years, adoption is not at the forefront of our lives.  I don't miss the ache of another Christmas without a child, but for some odd reason not being on the waitlist somehow leaves out a little of the excitement of the season (though our 'calls' all came in the spring!).  For some reason I always got super hopeful this time of year, and no, it wasn't too many hallmark movies, for some reason one just anticipates miracles this time of year.  Then I remember that baby the world waited thousands of years for and our own meager waits pale in comparison, and even if we never got the 'Call' or finalized an adoption, that baby was still ours, as He can be yours.  So if you are aching from infertility or singleness or divorce or miscarriage or death or health issues or whatever this holiday season, remember 'the Reason for the Season,' and know that whatever season of life you find yourself in, you aren't alone or forgotten or insignificant or overlooked and believe it or not, eventually you may just find yourself on the other side, laughing at all the stress and worry and fretting and frustration you put yourself through in the interim.  There's a plan, a story, a purpose for each of us and my prayer for you this Christmas is that you find the Hope and Joy implicit in such a wonderful thought!