I've been rather quiet busy lately.
My life has been a bit chaotic. Beautifully chaotic. And loud. And a little messy. And quite exhausting. But so, so, joy-filled. And more on that later.
Right now I am thinking of today.
My morning started out like this:
There I was, all ready to get up and these two little snuggle bugs came into my room and fell back asleep.
So there's that.
And then when Mr. Liam woke up, our conversation went like this:
Liam: "He's going to pick me to fight the giants"
Me: "Who?"
Liam: "God wants me to fight the giants, Mommy."
And so began my day.
I can't help but wonder what giants my sweet warrior is going to fight in his life. I wonder how his natural will for justice will play out in the years to come.
I know I owe a lot of background story. I know I have a lot of catching up to do. I have been putting it off because I am not sure where to begin or pick - up. I"m not even certain I can write about everything right now. (But here is a link if you'd like to listen. I got to share a little about our adoption story at church recently.)
Just know that everyone is doing well. Amazingly well. God has answered many prayers. I have so much to say, and most of it would just be better in person.
And to wrap up my day, I went on a date with this little man.
And this conversation went something like this:
Me: "How do you feel about having another brother and sister?"
Liam: "Good. I love them like I love you and Daddy and Ava."
And then I took this picture. Because I thought about how tragic it would be to forget this moment. Because I want to remember these blessings. There are giants to face in our future. I know this because in this world we will have trouble. And there will be difficult days, maybe even doubts and fears. I will hold these precious memories close.
And then, I thanked him for my date. And just before he drifted off to sleep he said, " You are welcome, Mommy. I went to protect you from bad guys, right?"
Me: "Buddy, I wanted to go with you so spend time together. I love being with you."
Liam: "Yeah but really to protect you from the bad guys."
Can we just stay in this stage forever, please???
My life has been a bit chaotic. Beautifully chaotic. And loud. And a little messy. And quite exhausting. But so, so, joy-filled. And more on that later.
Right now I am thinking of today.
My morning started out like this:
So there's that.
And then when Mr. Liam woke up, our conversation went like this:
Liam: "He's going to pick me to fight the giants"
Me: "Who?"
Liam: "God wants me to fight the giants, Mommy."
And so began my day.
I can't help but wonder what giants my sweet warrior is going to fight in his life. I wonder how his natural will for justice will play out in the years to come.
I know I owe a lot of background story. I know I have a lot of catching up to do. I have been putting it off because I am not sure where to begin or pick - up. I"m not even certain I can write about everything right now. (But here is a link if you'd like to listen. I got to share a little about our adoption story at church recently.)
Just know that everyone is doing well. Amazingly well. God has answered many prayers. I have so much to say, and most of it would just be better in person.
And to wrap up my day, I went on a date with this little man.
Me: "How do you feel about having another brother and sister?"
Liam: "Good. I love them like I love you and Daddy and Ava."
And then I took this picture. Because I thought about how tragic it would be to forget this moment. Because I want to remember these blessings. There are giants to face in our future. I know this because in this world we will have trouble. And there will be difficult days, maybe even doubts and fears. I will hold these precious memories close.
Me: "Buddy, I wanted to go with you so spend time together. I love being with you."
Liam: "Yeah but really to protect you from the bad guys."
Can we just stay in this stage forever, please???