Day 14: Two Parts of Change

I'm learning there are two parts of Change: the Fact and the Implementation. It's hard to move into the Implementation of Change when you haven't accepted the Fact of Change. It's like how Rex counts. He starts at one, then goes to three, then five. No matter how many times you try to get him to say two or four, he won't do it. He likes it the way it is. 1-3-5. He'll get it some day.

Being successful with Change cannot occur the way Rex counts. You have to accept the Fact before you can implement. You can't go to three without passing through two. I think in our family that's where we're at--we're at two. We're accepting the Fact and once that's done, we can implement the Change. We can move into living what the Change means, whether it's adopting Rex or sending Asia to public school.

Truth is, even though this adoption process has taken more than two years, and we had plenty of time to accept the Change, it couldn't happen until he was with us, until all of life changed because of him. We had to hold him and soothe his tears and try to communicate--basically live with him--for us to accept the Fact. And now that we have, we can implement. We're getting into a groove. Tonight I took both kids to the store without Colette and it went fine. We'll pack Asia's school bag this weekend and it will be fine. It's time to implement the Change.