So much to say, but ohhhhh.....how to put it all into words.
I saw a little one that is about the same age as our littlest one will be when we pick her up! I am amazed at how I have forgotten how little one year olds are!! Oh my heart ached and I just want to hold her, squeeze her and kiss those sweet chubby cheeks!! You know what is amazing though?!? This wait is (or at least has been so far) MUCH easier than waiting to be on the path to adopting. In the months leading up to our journey, God ignited a fire!! Imagine sitting in church trying so hard to NOT cry this week!! Just when I would think I had it made, something unexpected would have me in tears as God reminded me once again how much He loves the fatherless!! Try as I might, I could not hold back the flood of tears each week as EVERY sermon seemed to speak directly to me about children living in orphanages without families. There were times when I KNEW God was calling us....and times when I doubted. There were times when I clung to God, yelled at God and sobbed with Him!! In the midst of the wait, a friend told me a story. I can't remember most of it but one quote stuck with me, "Don't give up 5 minutes before the miracle." So to all those with a fire in your heart, who have heard the plight of the orphan, who have gotten a glimpse of God's deep love for the fatherless, I say, "Don't give up five minutes before the miracle!!" Our miracle awaits 1/2 a world away....but we're coming....sleep well little one.....we're on our way!!!
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Sweet times!!! : )
Please note, I actually wrote this a while back but I am just now getting around to posting.... :) 4/10/09 to be exact. : )
I love the three year old stage....not that I don't love the other stages, but they just say so many innocent, cute things at this age!
Today we were in the van taking a meal to a friend who just had surgery and Jedi fighter says, "Mom, I'm drinky?" He's been saying this for several months now and I dread the day he realizes the word is thirsty.
Last evening while I was snuggling with him after books, Jedi fighter said, "I wish we could put our house in the van and take it to Aunt Candie's house."
Okay, the next one is just plain sweet because the shirt Aunt Candie found for him was really special to him.
Aunt Candie had gotten Jedi fighter a Star Wars shirt that lights up! Jedi fighter came into the kitchen and said, "Mom, I put my new shirt in the wash." To which I replied, "Okay." He said, "No, I put it in the wash." To which I replied, "Good job, I'll wash it for you." Jedi fighter then comes closer, takes me by the hand and says, "No, I put it in the wash." So I walk upstairs so he can show me his new shirt is in the hamper. Realizing that he looked worried, that he only wore it a couple of hours and it didn't appear dirty, I said, "You can wear this tomorrow." He was so excited and then said, "We shouldn't wash it because the light won't work anymore."
This evening after supper, we went for a walk. I realized that last year when we went for walks, we always ended up carrying two of our little cherubs! This year they all ran ahead and had to wait numerous times! We weren't even walking slow.
After our walk, we went into the back yard to let the kids run around to further release their extra energy and I wanted to check on my fruit trees to see how they are faring after the hail storm last week. As I was checking out the trees our 11 year old gasped. I looked over to see her staring at a hole in the ground with a large rock protruding from the ground. Puzzled, about her outburst, I asked the next obvious question....."What?" Now what I am about to tell you may leave you concerned you have just found a totally insane woman but that is okay because insanity can be a good thing on occasion. She replied,........ before I tell you I have to rewind a few months to September. You see I am a home school Mom and this year one of my major goals was to do more hands-on activities and have more fun learning this year. We started out the year with Egypt and proceeded to make a lot of fun things like Egyptian clothing, Necklaces, bracelets, salt maps.....and.....we......uh......mummified a chicken. Yes that's right. It was a rather messy lengthy process but we were successful and for, well, let's see, five months we had a wrapped chicken mummy in our garage, which Julia aptly named Nefretiti, who was a famous Egyptian Pharaoh who also happened to be a woman and because our chicken mummy was a hen......You get the idea. Anyway they have still to find the real Nefretiti's mummy....it's gone....vanished......it's a mystery.
I had been kidding with the kids that we were going to have a genuine burial for our Pharaoh Chicken Mummy Nefretiti, complete with chanting and Egyptian costumes etc.....Well,......two weeks ago I was away, and when I returned, much to my surprise, I find that my husband had performed the ceremony without me....lol....wrapping our beloved chicken mummy in layers of foil, plastic wrap, etc,.......Well, I'm sure you have guessed what has happened by now Yes, our oldest daughter gasped because........Yes!!! TOMB ROBBERS!!!!!! Our beloved Pharaoh Chicken Mummy Nefretiti is gone,....vanished!!!!.... without a trace (save the lone piece of foil lying in the woods and a headstone). Nefretiti's mystery continues........my guess? Maybe a fox. I have to say, I am a little concerned about the neighbor that spots our chicken mummy lying in their yard. lol...lol...lol.....Oh.....I wish I could see their faces as they investigate!!!
I love the three year old stage....not that I don't love the other stages, but they just say so many innocent, cute things at this age!
Today we were in the van taking a meal to a friend who just had surgery and Jedi fighter says, "Mom, I'm drinky?" He's been saying this for several months now and I dread the day he realizes the word is thirsty.
Last evening while I was snuggling with him after books, Jedi fighter said, "I wish we could put our house in the van and take it to Aunt Candie's house."
Okay, the next one is just plain sweet because the shirt Aunt Candie found for him was really special to him.
Aunt Candie had gotten Jedi fighter a Star Wars shirt that lights up! Jedi fighter came into the kitchen and said, "Mom, I put my new shirt in the wash." To which I replied, "Okay." He said, "No, I put it in the wash." To which I replied, "Good job, I'll wash it for you." Jedi fighter then comes closer, takes me by the hand and says, "No, I put it in the wash." So I walk upstairs so he can show me his new shirt is in the hamper. Realizing that he looked worried, that he only wore it a couple of hours and it didn't appear dirty, I said, "You can wear this tomorrow." He was so excited and then said, "We shouldn't wash it because the light won't work anymore."
This evening after supper, we went for a walk. I realized that last year when we went for walks, we always ended up carrying two of our little cherubs! This year they all ran ahead and had to wait numerous times! We weren't even walking slow.
After our walk, we went into the back yard to let the kids run around to further release their extra energy and I wanted to check on my fruit trees to see how they are faring after the hail storm last week. As I was checking out the trees our 11 year old gasped. I looked over to see her staring at a hole in the ground with a large rock protruding from the ground. Puzzled, about her outburst, I asked the next obvious question....."What?" Now what I am about to tell you may leave you concerned you have just found a totally insane woman but that is okay because insanity can be a good thing on occasion. She replied,........ before I tell you I have to rewind a few months to September. You see I am a home school Mom and this year one of my major goals was to do more hands-on activities and have more fun learning this year. We started out the year with Egypt and proceeded to make a lot of fun things like Egyptian clothing, Necklaces, bracelets, salt maps.....and.....we......uh......mummified a chicken. Yes that's right. It was a rather messy lengthy process but we were successful and for, well, let's see, five months we had a wrapped chicken mummy in our garage, which Julia aptly named Nefretiti, who was a famous Egyptian Pharaoh who also happened to be a woman and because our chicken mummy was a hen......You get the idea. Anyway they have still to find the real Nefretiti's mummy....it's gone....vanished......it's a mystery.
I had been kidding with the kids that we were going to have a genuine burial for our Pharaoh Chicken Mummy Nefretiti, complete with chanting and Egyptian costumes etc.....Well,......two weeks ago I was away, and when I returned, much to my surprise, I find that my husband had performed the ceremony without me....lol....wrapping our beloved chicken mummy in layers of foil, plastic wrap, etc,.......Well, I'm sure you have guessed what has happened by now Yes, our oldest daughter gasped because........Yes!!! TOMB ROBBERS!!!!!! Our beloved Pharaoh Chicken Mummy Nefretiti is gone,....vanished!!!!.... without a trace (save the lone piece of foil lying in the woods and a headstone). Nefretiti's mystery continues........my guess? Maybe a fox. I have to say, I am a little concerned about the neighbor that spots our chicken mummy lying in their yard. lol...lol...lol.....Oh.....I wish I could see their faces as they investigate!!!
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