My sweet friend Stephanie came to visit today.
She brought bagels and cream cheese and we shared our hearts while the children played.
I couldn’t wait for her to come, but I didn’t realize how desperately I needed to see her until she hugged me.
My eyes filled with tears.
Then I remembered.
She started […] Read more…
Thriving In the Trenches
Today has been another demanding day with the girls.
If I say we’re going to have lunch, they say they’re not hungry. If I say we need to wash our hands, they say, “No.”
If I ask them to do their English on the computer, as soon as I walk out of the room, they […] Read more…
Our Sweet Girls
It is late. I just posted a new page on my blog linking sermons from a favorite speaker, and our homeschool beckons me first thing on Monday mornings, but I really want to update you on this new stage we are in with the girls.
Before I begin, I want to say the girls are […] Read more…
Pastor Paul’s Page
Pastor Paul is the teaching pastor at a church in New Jersey.
But this blog isn’t about Pastor Paul. It’s not really about my life or our precious children, and it definitely isn’t about gardening, although I do pray that in some way I am a gardener.
It is about what God is doing in […] Read more…
Thankful
I woke early this morning.
David had come in with a nightmare around four, and then little Olivia climbed in on top of us too. While I was warm and toasty, I was terribly cramped and my mind was ablaze with all the wonderful things God has done in our lives, and all the things […] Read more…
Still Here
The days have passed so quickly lately that every night has met me far before I have finished my to do list and long after my tired body has begun to crave the blessed oblivion of sleep.
Please excuse the abundance of Nutcracker photos I posted without captions, but I wanted to get them on […] Read more…
Nutcracker 3
Nutcracker 2
Nutcracker
Healing
The last twenty four hours have been tough ones for Evangeline.
Her knee has been bothering her for a few days, and today we found out that her tibia was broken. She has osteoporosis from the years of malnutrition in the orphanage.
Last night I took her with me to the kid’s ballet classes. I had to […] Read more…
