Three Times the Blessing

Well I feel like I need to make my first post on here. About a month ago we made the decision to attempt and terminate parental rights on the biological parents of two of our children that we have had since August of 2005. We have lived in fear for so long that we would loose them so we had become content with just leaving things how they were. Once we made this choice the attorney filed the paperwork and sent papers to their biological mom. It has been almost four weeks and I had heard nothing from the attorney or from the mom. Fear was trying to creep back in. I was praying this morning that God would give me a peace that despite what was "not" happening that he was still at work. Not five minutes later I got a call from our attorney stating that he had the signed papers from the mom which means she has signed away any and all rights regarding her children. I am beside myself with joy for myself and for the kids but my heart is broken for their bio mom. I can't imagine how terribly hard that must have been for her to do. Throughout all of this I have always felt that she loved her children despite her lack of parenting skills. I have always prayed that she would sign away her rights so that we didn't have to fight her for them. Once again God  has proven faithful. So the process is moving on.