What a day!!

Just over a year ago, The Lord brought two hurting mommas together. Each of us were carrying precious babies whom we would only hold in our arms for mere minutes or hours.
What began as a shared journey of pain and beautiful grace from Him alone, has grown and evolved into one of healing, remembering, excitement and looking toward the future, while holding tight to the love we have for our babies.
I can't begin to tell how much I love sweet Mara. She is, and has been, a real source of strength...we are able to share things that most moms (fortunately) wouldn't be able to understand.
This weekend, she blessed our family in such an amazing way. All the way across the country, in Southern California, she organized a fundraiser for us! She recruited help and items from her friends and threw one heck of a garage sale. Her call to me today was filled with praise to our God for a super successful event. She was able to raise over $1100 for our adoption fund!!!!
I am blown away. And that's an understatement. I can't really put into words how it feels to know someone has thought of you, loved you, spent so many hours preparing for an event for you. And taken two days out of their life to benefit you, and your family, and babies across the world whose future is going to be drastically changed. Wow. It's almost too much for me to take in. It's humbling. It's exciting. It's all because of and for the glory of our God. Shew, I get all emotional thinking about it. Isn't He so good?! Aren't friends so good?! Ahhhhh!! Thank you Jesus.

In addition to this wonderful news, I had the honor of doing cupcakes for a dear friend who is a blessing to all who know her. She is about to have her first baby! It was a beautiful shower. :)

Here are some pics from Mara and of the latest creation from Bakin' for my Babies. :)