Our Wishing Tree

I came across these pictures recently... I took them the week before we moved from our Virginia home (and somehow forgot to download them off my camera).  I learned by accident through our realtor that the new owners were going to chop down our wishing tree... which broke my heart.  And this is why... Eric & I planted this white crape myrtle when we first started our adoption process for Zoe back in 2005.  It was so small I could hold it in the palm of my hand.  During all the waiting, it brought so much peace to my heart watching it grow, praying, & knowing that God would send our baby home when it was the right time.  Then, in 2009, when we brought Zoe home, I took her adoption announcement picture in front of this tree.  We let it grow wild and 7 years later, well... it has bloomed into a beautiful tree.  And here is our beautiful girl in front of it one last time...