Dear Children, I think you have had one of the most memorable days of your life this week. It is good. You belong, you are wanted, you are loved. Dear Sick, starting my week by spending two days stuck in bed sick. I hate being stuck in bed when you can't sleep or read or do anything but feel miserable. Dear Sleep, too many days not being able to sleep. Too Many! Days of torture I tell ya! Dear Rain, why is it that it rains the hardest when I have to go outside? The rain is good cause my house hasn't flooded. Dear Awesome, sending all of my kids to school on bikes when it ended up pouring rain all day. Dear Avary + Hazel, you two have been so happy together lately. I love hearing you play and sing and dance together. And I love that you want to match all the time. It makes me happy. Dear Marilyn, I am so grateful for you. You give me so much hope and confidence. Thank You is an understatement. Dear Adoption Day, a happy, special day. Everywhere we went I watched how you told everyone you knew that you had just been adopted, with a huge smile on your faces. Every single one of you. It brought tears to my eyes and made my heart so happy to see how much it means to you to have Will legally be your father and carry his name. A day to never forget. Dear Will, how can a mother ever adequately express what is in my heart towards you when I see that a part of my children's heart has been healed because of a selfless act from you. I will spend the rest of my life trying to show you. I Love You. A lot:) Dear Self, I could never have foreseen how blessed I would be. I can never describe how grateful I am to my Father in Heaven, because I know all comes from him. What if I had let my fear win over two years ago instead of trusting the Lord and moving so blindly into my shack. How different life would be. How glad I am that I had the strength to do hard things, to trust the Lord. My greatest desire is to devote my family and home to the Lord for all that he has given me. And to remember that on the really hard days. My heart is so thankful.
