Spring Flowers

Yep! The weather is absolutely gorgeous today! Light breeze, warm--not too hot, sun shining and the grass and flowers are practically leaping out of the ground with delight, in celebration that winter seems to be "almost" over. Spring really is a time of new life--the dead of winter is finally past.

So, why am I blogging? Well, there's a young lady sitting in the next cubicle taking a Cosmetology Test and it's one of my many jobs to monitor the testing center here at the airport. But, as soon as she's finished...I plan to get on the bike and take Rusty out for a run around the hangars. In the meantime...I'm going to catch you up on just a few happenings!

Did I tell you that our 2nd to the oldest son, Allen, found his birth mother right after Thanksgiving of 2007? Travis was digging through some files in our office and came across all of Allen's adoption papers, including a copy of his original birth certificate. He told Allen that it would make more sense if he had those papers, so Allen and his wife, Erica, (who was also adopted) began pouring over them. Allen said, "Gosh! I've tried to find my birth mother online, but now I realize that I was spelling her first name wrong all these years."

So, being the computer whizzes that they are...when they returned home that night, they did an Internet search and FOUND her! Just like that!

Allen sent her an email that said, "Did you know a Christopher Allen Holotik" about 30 years ago? She promptly wrote back and said, "Yes, why do you ask?" And that's where it all began. She had been looking for him herself and was thrilled to be back in contact with him. She's already made one trip up to Kansas City and stayed with he and Erica for a week. Allen will be traveling to eastern Alabamba in May for his sister, Sarah's, graduation from college. Not Sara St. John, but another sister! Amazing, amazing!

He feels like a huge missing piece of his life has been handed back to him and we are thrilled for him! Did I mention that he was 10 years old when we adopted him? So, even though he was given up for adoption at age 5, he has many memories that are finally making sense to him!

I can't get over how quickly it happened, but when God has something planned for us, He doesn't mess around! Things just fall into place exactly at the appointed moment.

I sent her an email over the weekend to introduce myself/the St. Johns and she just wrote back saying that she would like to be in touch with us, but is getting ready for the graduation day when all kinds of family members will descend on her tiny house for 2 blessed events! Graduation and reunion time for Allen with a whole other family!

What will heaven be like? We will arrive at our appointed moment, and there will be all of our brothers and sisters (some familiar, most not) waiting to greet us...but best of all, Jesus will be there! And God, our Father! There won't be one weird feeling, either! Wondering what people think of us, not past hurts, all our tears washed away, just absolute delight in being together! Oh what a day that will be!

So, in the meantime, let's enjoy the warm weather, sunshine, and flowers bursting up out of the ground in celebration of spring--that glorious new life--the dead of winter past! And, if that's not happening in your area of the country...it won't be long before it does! Blessings!