This Long & Winding Road

When Chris and I met and fell in love, we had a ton of songs that, to us, seemed to represent our love story.  We struggled with narrowing our list down to one song, our song.  One evening, we were driving to meet friends.  I'd somehow won the radio station battle and country music was twanging thru the car, as we bantered back and forth.  The words of the song playing penetrated our conversation and we grew silent.  As the song concluded, our gazes locked and we both knew it was our song.

Little did we know then, or even months later as we danced to it as our song at our wedding, how poignantly those words would ring for us in the years to come.  After almost six years filled with tests, fertility treatments, doctors, hope dashed again and again, miscarriage, dreams deferred, anxiety, letting go, adoption plans, a failed placement, endless waiting, and heartache, our arms were filled as an amazing woman placed a beautiful baby girl in my arms and said, "Here's your mommy!"

In the almost four years since that moment, our lives have been filled with cuddles, giggles, tears (ours and hers!), pink, elephants, feedings, food aversions, diapers, potty training, ABCs, Pigeon books, purple, curls, laughter, puddle jumping, 123s, running, slides, 4 am chats, scooter riding, dare devil antics, threenager attitude, and buckets and buckets of love.

God blessed the broken road that led Chris and I to one another and then led us to our sweet Annie. Once again, we know this road will not be easy but we are eager to see where it will lead as we try to add another blessing to our family.

Bless the Broken Road

I set out on a narrow way,
Many years ago,
Hoping I would find true love
Along the broken road.
But I got lost a time or two
Wiped my brow and kept pushing through.
I couldn't see how every sign,
pointed straight to you.

Every long-lost dream
Led me to where you are.
Others who broke my heart,
they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way,
into your loving arms.
This much I know is true...
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you.

I think about the years I spent,
just passing through.
I'd like to have the time I lost,
and give it back to you!

But you just smile
and take my hand.
You've been there.
You understand,
It's all part of a grander plan,
that is coming true!

Every long-lost dream
Led me to where you are.
Others who broke my heart,
they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way,
into your loving arms.
This much I know is true...
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you.

Now I'm just rolling home,
Into my lover's arms.
This much I know is true...
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you.
That God blessed the broken road
That lead me straight to you.