I had intended this blog to be a place to capture ponderings and wandering thoughts as they came to me. But as of late, there hasn’t been much time to let my mind roam. And that’s a very good thing as it turns out.

Three main beacons have been blinking brightly on my horizon these past few months - finishing my first novel, a lot of wonderful work (which you’ll see up on this site as the pieces reach publication) and . . . a baby daughter.

As I type this, my dear friend and novel collaborator, Amy Ziff, is here from New York for the week so we can assist each other in the official ‘birth’ of our novels. Amy and I are old high school friends who reconnected recently and have been supporting, editing, urging and encouraging one another towards the finish line of our respective books. This week, we’re packaging them up to begin shipping to agents. Keep your fingers crossed!

The other big ‘birth’ in my life is the birth of our baby girl, Noemi de Leon Huber, in Guatemala City on November 6. We were officially ‘matched’ with Noe on November 17th and hope to bring her home sometime between April and June. In the meantime, we’ll be going down for a visit next week. As things become more ‘real’ here (crib, nursery, shower . . .) it will be so wonderful to have a three-dimensional image of her to carry in our minds during the long months of waiting ahead - even if she IS adorable in photos.

Henri Nouwen says that waiting “is never a movement from nothing to something. It is always a movement from something to something more.” As I wait to hear responses from agents - a relationship I desire to be integral and long-term - and as Christopher and I wait to bring Noe home, I understand the meaning of these words to a depth that I never have before. And in that sense, what a gift waiting is.

If any of you are interested in following our adoption ‘adventure’, check out my other blog at huberadoption.blogspot.com.