Emily, Jay, and Avery are booked on flights to China! I am soooooo excited to be able to spend a week with my little ones...I will have everything done around the house, so that all my time will be spent playing and entertaining them...I need to go thru my house with a fine tooth comb and be sure it is very safe for my babies. Will go to the thrift stores to find some "new" toys...maybe some dress up clothes! I know it will be very tiring, but we will all fall into a routine in a very short time...lots and lots of snuggling ....I hope it is cold so we can have fires in the fireplace. Talked to Emily today and they will use the computer to call us and use our webcams...I am really praying hard for Ashley and her foster parents. The time is drawing near and I know it will be hard on both of them. I can't imagine how hard it must be for her foster parents to give her up after all this time of being with her. I pray for God's peace to be with them.
It's almost 2009! Another year...where does the time go?
Monday, December 29, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Getting Ready!
In exactly three weeks I will have my sweet 4 year old and 2 year old grandchildren for about a week while mommy, daddy, and sister Avery go to China to bring home our Ashley. The Christmas decorations are all put up and nothing will occupy those bare tables until after they're home again...no need in dealing with extra "stuff"...my house is being transformed into a kid friendly home...will get latches for the cabinets under the sink and bring out all the toys from the attic! This is going to be hard for them to be away from mommy and daddy for so long and I get the last leg of the journey....sooooo all of my attention will be on them. I have even started cooking and putting things in the freezer for dinners. I have some outings planned (weather dependent) and also so recruits! We will bake cookies, read, read, and read! Watch movies and just "play"...I think I need to get a dr. kit..We will take daily walks and sit by the fire at night reading books and coloring. I can't wait because I think it will give us some quality time together. I will have to take them to my school one day just to show them off! Because they are so far from me, I don't get to do those kind of things.
Stephen is doing his usual "man vs. wild" backpacking campout with Neil...they are at Eagle Loop..close to Murfreesboro in the Ouachita Mountain. They are expected to return on Sun....that is, if they don't have to be airlifted out! Not funny!...
Today is just a "wonderful, ordinary, day"...savor it, embrace it....love these days!
Stephen is doing his usual "man vs. wild" backpacking campout with Neil...they are at Eagle Loop..close to Murfreesboro in the Ouachita Mountain. They are expected to return on Sun....that is, if they don't have to be airlifted out! Not funny!...
Today is just a "wonderful, ordinary, day"...savor it, embrace it....love these days!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
It's Christmas Eve Afternoon
It's Christmas Eve, afternoon. I have just returned from having brunch with my best friend, Lu. We had a delicious meal and opened presents. She gave me the coolest vintage "syrup" opcanister with "banana" written on top. Ironic because my grandfather had a bakery and creamery in Sulphur Springs, Tx about the year 1920.
It's very quiet in the house. It is a beautiful 60 degree sunny day. Finally! I wonder if the day Christ was born was sunny??? I know it must have been quiet except for the noise of the people and animals. Now we hear tvs (mine is off!) and traffic. The world had no idea of what was about to happen. Prophets had foretold this story for generations. I was to happen tonight.
I will attend a 6:00 candlelight service tonight at church, then come home and finish wrapping. Probably read, then turn in. Quiet, just like the REAL NIGHT of Christmas. I will savor every moment of the "still of the night" until I nod off...
MERRY CHRISTMAS...LOVE TO ALL
It's very quiet in the house. It is a beautiful 60 degree sunny day. Finally! I wonder if the day Christ was born was sunny??? I know it must have been quiet except for the noise of the people and animals. Now we hear tvs (mine is off!) and traffic. The world had no idea of what was about to happen. Prophets had foretold this story for generations. I was to happen tonight.
I will attend a 6:00 candlelight service tonight at church, then come home and finish wrapping. Probably read, then turn in. Quiet, just like the REAL NIGHT of Christmas. I will savor every moment of the "still of the night" until I nod off...
MERRY CHRISTMAS...LOVE TO ALL
Monday, December 22, 2008
Don't Forget To
During this Christmas season and all seasons for that matter, don't forget the important things in life....the list includes..
Don't forget to:
1. Appreciate TODAY..tomorrow is not gauranteed..that's why they call it the "present"
2. Look around and see the miracles happening all around you...God has put things right in front of us that we take for granted. Nature is God's way of reminding us that HE loves us.
3. Tell everyone in your family you love them. If something happened to them today, you would not want to tell them "goodbye"...you would want to tell them you love them.
4. Do a random act of kindness for someone. The other day at WalMart, the lady in front of me let me go ahead of her. She has a basket full of stuff, and I only had 2 things. It reminded me that people used to do this all the time, but not so much anymore.
5. Get closer to God...read your Bible, pray, open your eyes to the wonders of Him around you. they are there...He is there..I sometimes miss Him and an opportunity to tell someone about Him and His Love.
All for now....
Don't forget to:
1. Appreciate TODAY..tomorrow is not gauranteed..that's why they call it the "present"
2. Look around and see the miracles happening all around you...God has put things right in front of us that we take for granted. Nature is God's way of reminding us that HE loves us.
3. Tell everyone in your family you love them. If something happened to them today, you would not want to tell them "goodbye"...you would want to tell them you love them.
4. Do a random act of kindness for someone. The other day at WalMart, the lady in front of me let me go ahead of her. She has a basket full of stuff, and I only had 2 things. It reminded me that people used to do this all the time, but not so much anymore.
5. Get closer to God...read your Bible, pray, open your eyes to the wonders of Him around you. they are there...He is there..I sometimes miss Him and an opportunity to tell someone about Him and His Love.
All for now....
Sunday, December 21, 2008
It's almost Christmas! The weather is bitterly cold, but no snow...bummer! As I was decorating for the season, I love looking back at all the Christmas memories from when the kids were little. I am soooooo glad I saved the little momentos.... like the letters to Santa...they are sooo much fun to read each year. I even saved some of their Christmas crafts.
The Christmas tree has ornaments from the last 30 years of memories! I love Christmas traditions. We didn't have much of that when I was growing up, so I tried very hard to create traditions for my children. For me, 'tradition" says, "I love you."
It's been a week full of sadness as well as overwhelming joy. I have been reading a blog on the Caring Bridge website of a family that lost a three week old baby. I know the parents are grieving their sweet baby boy....how tough that must be. I know they are leaning on God as their comforter and trust Him completely to get them through this tough time. Also, there was a young man that fought bone cancer couragously, but lost that battle this week. I pray for each of these families for God's loving arms to hold them and give them "peace beyond all understanding." .....One the JOYOUS note.....I will be a NEW GRANDMOTHER to a sweet, beautiful little girl from the Hunan Province of China. She is almost 18 mos old and will be in the US on Jan. 21st...We have been waiting and waiting....IT'S FINALLY HERE!!!! I will get to keep my 4year old and 2 year old grandbabies for about a week while their mommy and daddy go get Ashley Mei LuHao...Im sure I'll have alot to post, but not much time to do it! Pray for me!
The Christmas tree has ornaments from the last 30 years of memories! I love Christmas traditions. We didn't have much of that when I was growing up, so I tried very hard to create traditions for my children. For me, 'tradition" says, "I love you."
It's been a week full of sadness as well as overwhelming joy. I have been reading a blog on the Caring Bridge website of a family that lost a three week old baby. I know the parents are grieving their sweet baby boy....how tough that must be. I know they are leaning on God as their comforter and trust Him completely to get them through this tough time. Also, there was a young man that fought bone cancer couragously, but lost that battle this week. I pray for each of these families for God's loving arms to hold them and give them "peace beyond all understanding." .....One the JOYOUS note.....I will be a NEW GRANDMOTHER to a sweet, beautiful little girl from the Hunan Province of China. She is almost 18 mos old and will be in the US on Jan. 21st...We have been waiting and waiting....IT'S FINALLY HERE!!!! I will get to keep my 4year old and 2 year old grandbabies for about a week while their mommy and daddy go get Ashley Mei LuHao...Im sure I'll have alot to post, but not much time to do it! Pray for me!
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