Hyatt and Holden (both 4 yrs old) were in the hallway cleaning fingerprints off the walls with anti-bacterial wipes (this is a chore that I have the littles do often, mainly because they are the fingerprint culprits). As they cleaned, they were talking about the pictures that hung above their heads. Their conversation caught my attention, so I quietly listened where they couldn’t see me…
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So enjoyed this! I really love the “real family” idea– so sweet and true. And I am with you– so much of my spiritual growth and revelation of God’s love has come through adoption and parenting my children. Thankful! Blessings on you and your sweet family!
Hi Beth, I am glad that you can relate. Sometimes we put things ‘out there’ and we never know if someone else feels the same way. Thank you for your comment. God bless your sweet family.
THis is exaqctly our house thank you for so eloquently putting my feelings into words!
You are so welcome Yvette. God bless your family.
Oh I am so with you on this one! I look at older family portraits and can remember the “easy” time but I wouldn’t trade that for anything. It’s so easy to yearn for the simpler times. Although our life is a little crazier now, God has used the craziness to show me more about myself than I thought possible. Not only that, I have grown immensely in my relationship with Jesus through my daughter’s adoption … she has been SUCH a blessing and I see God in her every single day!
We adopted a little girl from Hungary last year. We have biological children – a tween and a teen. So… that means lots of pictures without our newest blessing, and pictures of those blessings as babies, while this one came to us at 6! I have had her pictures and portrait made and am having a baby picture of her made into a pencil sketch to have a record of her as an infant in our home in a beautiful way – but she has started asking me – “where were you when I was little…I want a picture of me – Lizzie baby -with you, Mommy” and it breaks my heart – but we move on. I was so thankful to read the words “You were still in Mommy’s heart then” I love that and will begin using it when she asks. It doesn’t really comfort a child to say “God hadn’t told us to go get you yet…” Thank you for those words!
Precious.