Starfish

We are on day 31 of our LOA wait.  The LOA wait for Maddux was 35 days (35 days would be next Monday the date most LOAs are received from China....).  However this time the average is around 60 days, so figuring we still have another month or so to wait.  Although would take it sooner!!!!

 So while we wait....

I came across this story during our last adoption and for some reason thought about it again this morning.


“While wandering a deserted beach at dawn, stagnant in my work, I saw a man in the distance bending and throwing as he walked the endless stretch toward me. As he came near, I could see that he was throwing starfish, abandoned on the sand by the tide, back into the sea. When he was close enough I asked him why he was working so hard at this strange task. He said that the sun would dry the starfish and they would die. I said to him that I thought he was foolish. there were thousands of starfish on miles and miles of beach. One man alone could never make a difference. He smiled as he picked up the next starfish. Hurling it far into the sea he said, "It makes a difference for this one."
― Loren Eiseley