Inspiration

My friend Violet, who has a face and a very beautiful one at that, is going through some exciting changes in her life right now.  First I have to tell you what an amazing friend this woman is to me.  We met online when she lived in another town and have become friends through e-mail and blogging and now through spending time in the same physical space!  She is a good Chinese zodiacal cycle younger than I, but she is one of those people who is equally comfortable down on the floor with a six-year-old child or talking philosophy with a nonagenarian.

Violet is the kind of friend who always knows just what to say, just how to reach out.  She is also there for me in all kinds of practical ways I can’t even begin to list.  Her husband, Coffee, is also.  When I needed help taking two rats to the vet at the same time, she not only gave us a ride, but she  stroked and soothingly talked to nervous Vernon while I held Stella.

Once when I was really desperate for clean clothes, she not only let me do a wash load at her house, but she folded the clothes and delivered them back to me!  She is the kind of friend who makes my eyes well up with tears as I turn my face to the heavens and wonder what I did to deserve such surprising love coming into my life.

Amazing things are happening for her right now.  She has just started Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with a new person, and that is going great.  It’s making me want to try that method out, in fact.

But the big, big news is that she and Coffee have just been approved to start the workshops and classes to become adoptive parents.  Wow.  I’m so happy and excited for them.  I’ve spent enough time talking to them about their thoughts and expectations, apprehensions and dreams to know they are going to be good parents.  Sure, they will make mistakes.  All parents do.  But I know they are going to be a blessing in the life of one or two “hard to adopt” older kids, as that child or those children will be a blessing to them.

I spent some time this morning reading what the bloggers in my little circle are up to these days.  Everyone is stretching.  Everyone is trying something new or casting off something old.

I feel inspired.