The Odd Life.....

Saturday Night-Todd and I snuck away and spent a few hours stuffing our faces with buttery popcorn, sour patch kids and twizzlers...hiding in another town's cinema. Date nights are few and far between but we had a coupon and off to see The Odd Life of Timothy Green we went.

As soon as the movie started so did my tears. To give a short recap (without giving the movie away) its about a couple who is struggling to conceive. They end up with this amazing boy from the garden and there life as parents begins.

I sat in awe of this new Disney film. The comparisson of our life is so odd. When the Greens introduce Timothy to their family there are those questions, "dont you want to have a real child? Like your own?" Thats a question Todd and I have been asked monthly since we began this process almost 3 years ago.

We conceived Madyson and Aubrie Kate without trying (actually both on birth control) once aubrie was months old we began to try for number 3. We tried all sorts of things suggested by our doctor but sometimes medicine can only take you so far, then God steps in.

When Mrs. Green is asked that question she replies "he felt like mine from the first time I saw him" & I believe any adoptive mother will vouch for this.

Throughout the movie Todd and I laughed and cried. (yes, Mr. Broadus cried too) bc sometimes that desire you have to be a parent (even for the 3rd time) is so overwhelming you feel the pain and the Joy all at the same time.

We cried on the way home, saying maybe we should "plant" our own garden baby....i mean our garden has made some amazing tomatoes what could it hurt? But we refrained from that idea and stuck with our daily prayer. For God to help us be the best parents we can be right now and to consider us to be parents again.

If you have ever had the desire to adopt or to just be a parent -take some tissues and go see The Odd Life of Timothy Green.