Mother of Seven + 2

On the second day Little Girl was with us I sang to her "Jesus Loves Me" and told her how I used to sing it over and over to Amber when she was little and sad.  Little Girl really liked hearing that story.  She was feeling sad too.  I asked her if she had ever heard that song, and she said, "No." Night times are Little Girl's sad time.  She misses her Grandma then, and she misses her first foster mommy.  We started praying to God that he would help her not be sad.  Now we have to pray that every night at bedtime.  It is an important part of the bedtime ritual.  Two books, hugs and kisses, prayer time, and then listening to Your Story Hour Bible stories on CD makes for lots of distraction to keep the sad thoughts away. We also have started reading Bible stories a couple times a day.  Little Girl does not seem to know any of them.  Today as I was reading about creation Little Girl asked me, "Who is God?" My heart hurts that this prec...

How quickly I've forgotten what life with a baby is like.  I woke up at 6:30 planning to sneak downstairs for my quiet time.  Baby Boy pops up in the crib.  I lay back down thinking just maybe he would go back to sleep.  Fifteen minutes later and no such luck.  He pops back up as soon as I move.  I give up at 7:00 and head downstairs with Baby Boy.  He's such a good little guy though.  He doesn't fuss when he wakes up.  He just waits for me to get up.  However, he is insistent on getting up once I'm up. So downstairs in the recliner I cuddle him and give him his breathing treatment.  As soon as that's done and the diaper is changed, he's off and playing.  I get out my Bible and start in on my Bible study.  I never did get a chance to finish today.  That's ok though.  God supplies all that I need even when our time gets short changed.  Right now I'm going through Beth Moore's study Believing God .  I...

Life changes quickly sometimes.  A phone call last Thursday.  Agreement to take a foster care respite case for the weekend.  Case was for two children who will possibly be confirmed adoptive before long.  A four year old girl and 17 month old boy.  Enjoyed the little girl.  Loved rocking baby boy.  Could so easily fall in love. Children left Sunday.  Wake up Monday morning at 5:00 a.m.  Can't sleep.  Get up and pray.  So many questions.  Searched Scripture and prayed.  "Lord, I don't know what is best.  I don't know the future.  But I know the One who does.  Choosing to trust you." Phone rings.  9:00 a.m.  Need to move the children Wednesday.  Can you take them?  Unknown as to adoptive status until August 1. As of Wednesday we welcomed two sweet ones into our home.  Loving them as our own.  Praying for God's will for their lives and ours. How are we doing?  Good....

When we started into our journey of home education, we thought long and hard about the purpose of our choice.  The verses that stood out to us were from Deuteronomy 11:18-21. "Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.  Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.  Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,  so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land that the Lord swore to give your forefathers, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth."  NIV We wanted time to teach our children the ways of the Lord.  As they approached school age, we realized how much we still needed to teach them. When we contemplated sending them off to school, we saw very few hours left in the day for the family.  As the verse above so aptly imp...