fingerprints.

A huge part of the fun of adoption is all the paperwork. Okay, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration. Well, actually it's a lie. There are a lot of forms to fill out and questionnaires to write about my thoughts and feelings. I honestly thought it would be more arduous, though. We are trying to fly through it so we can get our homestudy completed because that means we'll get to go pick up our child sooner!

Today I had to get fingerprints done in order to get a full background check. As I looked my fingerprints on paper, I thought about our child currently living around the world. How soon until I will have more fingerprints to wipe off my windows?


It also brought to mind a song by Steven Curtis Chapman, who has adopted three precious daughters from China...


Never has there been and never again

Will there be another you

Fashioned by God's hand and perfectly planned

To be just who you are

And what He's been creating

Since the first beat of your heart

Is a living, breathing

Priceless work of art




And I can see the fingerprints of God

When I look at you

I can see the fingerprints of God

And I know it's true

You're a masterpiece that all creation

Quietly applauds

And you're covered with

The fingerprints of God