tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13686983815735249352024-03-19T00:11:05.500-04:00Footed JammiesA Blog About Life With LittlesSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18189414451031613419noreply@blogger.comBlogger463125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368698381573524935.post-59373052011916265222019-04-17T13:27:00.002-04:002019-04-17T13:27:55.793-04:00Harens Head to the Bahamas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The last 2 years, Michael and I have taken advantage of my Mother-in-Law's offer to keep the kids over spring break, and gone on 2 cruises. We had so much fun and after the first year promised the kids we would take them the next time. When we didn't take them the second year, they about revolted (though they had tons of fun at Grandma's house!) so we double promised that we'd take them and booked a room for 5 people right after we got home. We started the countdown, and for the next 300-some days talked about all the fun things we would do and watched videos exploring the ship and the ports we'd be visiting. We explained to the kids that our room would be exceedingly tiny (which is was) and that the ship would be massive (which it was) and that we would have tons of fun (which we did).</div>
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We left before sunrise the day before our ship left and drove most of the way to Jacksonville. After spending the night in a hotel room with three VERY excited children, we got up and drove the rest of the way to the ship. One of the kids took charge right away and owned that ship like it was their own, exploring away from us right away. One apprehensively stayed close to Michael and I for the first day and then joined the first in exploring and taking advantage of all the activities on-board. One, we discovered too late, gets a bit seasick (oops!) but with a steady regimen of dramamine was good to go. All the kids enjoyed the comedy shows, trivia, scavenger hunt, putt-putt, unlimited (mostly ;)) ice cream and hot chocolate, the tiny pool, the beaches, the FOOD...so much food..., and generally just hanging out together. Michael and I enjoyed watching the kids have fun, spending some much needed time away from everything except our family, and getting in lots of reading and downtime in one of the most beautiful places we've ever seen. Michael also liked the unlimited ice cream and hot chocolate!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">still not sure about this whole giant boat thing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">i'll give you one chance to guess what's in that cup</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one of many times we ate at pizza pirate, the 24-hour made-to-order pizza shop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">milo is perfectly demonstrating why he was the only one of us to not get a sunburn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">michael has a thing for bridges, so this picture is for him</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">i didn't even realize there was a rainbow until i uploaded my pictures after the trip</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">enjoying some chess while their nerd parents played trivia</td></tr>
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After Idaho Falls, we headed to the store for some provisions, and then continued about an hour east to Yellowstone. We stayed in a super cute cabin about half an hour from the park entrance with Patrick, Kayla, and Chris. We hung out at the cabin that night playing cards and eating candy (you know, the usual) and then got up in the morning and headed to the park. Milo's favorite part of the park BY FAR was seeing a snake, even though he nearly jumped out of his shorts when he saw it! Maya and Arlo liked climbing around on the rocks. </div>
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It's really awesome how many different types of environments you can see so close together; we saw hot springs, big and little waterfalls, wide-open plains, forest, and of course geysers. Old Faithful is definitely the most popular geyser, and it was neat to see it go off, but I personally found the smaller geysers and hot springs more interesting.</div>
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We got to see a few animals, but the weather was kindof cool and rainy so I think many were hiding out and waiting for it to warm up. We did see a bear (!!!) but it was while we were driving so I didn't get a picture.</div>
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We spent 2 days exploring Yellowstone, and then headed north to Bozeman, MT to meet up with Penny. She had been teaching classes while we were in Yellowstone, and was headed back home shortly after, so we tried to spend as much time as we could with her before we all split up again! We ate dinner at a local brewery that had an amazing view of the mountains!</div>
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When dinner was finished and good-byes were said, we got back in the car for another long trek...</div>
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Idaho Falls</div>
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On the first official day of our vacation, we drove from Las Vegas to Idaho Falls. When I made our itinerary, I had somehow figured that we had a 6-hour drive. Not great, but not terrible; this trip was going to involve lots of driving so might as well get started, right? When I put the address into google maps, I realized I'd made an error and we actually had a NINE hour drive. Oops! Fortunately the kids were troopers and we were all excited to see the rest of the family, and we had a couple audiobooks that made the time pass (as quickly as 9 hours can pass, anyway!). Michael and I split up the driving, and we were in Idaho Falls by dinnertime. We met up with Penny, Uncle Patrick, Aunt Kayla, and Uncle Chris. Our hotel was right on the river, and it was beautiful! We walked to dinner, and then walked back along the river and falls. The kids were excited to swim at the hotel pool, even though it was far too cold to swim (I'm pretty sure I was wearing a sweatshirt while we sat by the pool!). The next day I got to run along a path around the river before breakfast, and after we ate we split ways with everyone and spent the day walking around the town. We ate lunch at a super hipster place (they had avocado toast on the menu!) and got slushies from a repurposed train car. Later in the afternoon, we headed to our next destination...</div>
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18189414451031613419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368698381573524935.post-14354422771472477912018-07-14T17:13:00.002-04:002018-07-14T17:13:27.046-04:00A DichotomyAs foster parents, two of the phrases we hear the most often are<br />
"I could *never* do what you do! I'd get too attached!"<br />
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"They should not get their kids back!"<br />
and often they're said by the same person<br />
and always, they don't realize the dichotomy of the two<br />
because when we claim to be pro-life<br />
and we take away access to healthcare and education<br />
and we picket abortion clinics<br />
but then we refuse to stand in the gap, refuse to risk our own comfort and our own family's stability and our own hearts...<br />
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"but they can put their baby up for adoption!" we cry<br />
but the list of families waiting for a healthy white newborn is much longer than the list of those willing to take a drug-addicted black or biracial premie<br />
because people don't want to pay $20,000 for a child that is "damaged"<br />
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when access to affordable childcare and housing and food is stigmatized or taken away<br />
and when parents have to choose between staying with their children and putting food on the table<br />
and when there is public outcry to "take her kids away!" every time someone makes a poor decision<br />
but there are no families left to take in the children that are already in the system...<br />
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"well they should have never had children if they couldn't afford it" we say<br />
and we don't realize that it is in complete contrast to our "pro-life" stance<br />
because if they never had the child they'd be called murderer<br />
but if they do they'll be called irresponsible or immoral<br />
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and as i sit here falling more in love each day with a tiny baby who's mama chose to give him life but is not able to parent<br />
and i contemplate what it will look like in 3 months or 6 months or 2 years when she is able<br />
and we have to lovingly let him go, just like we have done before and before and before<br />
and i try not to think about where he would be and who would be loving him if we had decided that we didn't want to get "too attached"Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18189414451031613419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368698381573524935.post-17486418772015807722018-07-14T16:54:00.000-04:002018-07-20T12:00:18.410-04:00Harens Head West, Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Part 1: Packing, Airplane</div>
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About 6 months ago, Penny (Michael's mom) did a teaching tour out west. A couple of her friends went with her and got to explore the national parks, and when she got home she started planning her next teaching tour with the idea that all the kids could go with her. After figuring out all the logistics, we packed up and headed west! While the idea of driving seemed fun at first, the reality that we'd likely spend 70-80 HOURS in the car over 2 weeks made us rethink the plan, and we found inexpensive airline tickets to make it an even more fun and exciting trip! We flew from Columbus to Las Vegas and then rented a car and drove from Las Vegas to Idaho Falls, then to Yellowstone, up to Bozeman, down through Salt Lake City to Bryce Canyon, over to Snow Canyon and then Zion, and finally back to Las Vegas. It was a whirlwind of a trip, adding nearly 2,000 miles to our rental car over nine days. The kids did much better than we could have even hoped. They did a fair amount of grumbling about the heat and their tired legs (but really, so did I!), but they trudged on and the payoff at the end of each hike was more than worth it.</div>
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I can't begin to thank Penny enough for conceiving of this trip and making it happen. It will be one of children's most beloved memories, I'm sure!</div>
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Michael decided early on that we were going to pack light. Like, very light. Like, everyone can take 2 outfits and we'll do laundry every other day light. We managed to do it, and boarded the plane with one personal-item-sized backpack each, no carryons or checked bags! We *did* take Milo's 5-point carseat, and at the last minute grabbed the snap-n-go stroller (which is actually designed for the infant bucket seat) from the back of the van to carry it so we wouldn't have to lug it through the airport. This turned out to be an excellent idea, and we were able to gate-check both the carseat and the stroller (for free). Highly recommended.</div>
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The kids did AMAZING on the plane. We thought for sure there would be at least one crying or panicking, but they were mostly just excited with a little bit of nervousness thrown in for good measure. It helped that the plane wasn't very full, so once the captain turned off the seatbelt sign they could move around a bit. Milo took that opportunity to change seats approximately 13 times in the 4 hour flight. About an hour or so in, there was some severe turbulence; since the kids have no frame of reference for what an airplane is supposed to feel like, they were pretty unfazed, but it had Michael and I giving each other sideways glances. I was praying quietly for a calm spirit for myself and the kids, while a lady in the back of the plane started crying out LOUDLY to Jesus to stop the wind. All told it lasted about 20 minutes, and fortunately the rest of the flight was relatively smooth.</div>
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Our flight was very late (left Columbus after 9pm), so we were all very tired and ready for some sleep by the end, but seeing Las Vegas all lit-up at night from above was really neat. We got off the plane, waited at the gate for the carseat and stroller, got our rental car, and headed to the airport hotel to get a few hours of sleep before driving to Idaho Falls the next day...</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Yikes! My poor, poor neglected blog!</span><br />
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This past weekend was a busy one! Arlo had her first basketball game on Saturday morning, and it was so fun to watch her! The game didn't go their way, but she was all smiles and excitement when it was over. After her game, we drove to Logan to celebrate Christmas with Larry and Steph (Michael's dad and stepmom). I am grateful that my kids have so many loving grandparents! As soon as we walked in the kids were off, finding people to talk to and things to play with. When the food had been eaten and gifts opened, we drove back to Stow in time for Maya to sing in her choir concert. She had a solo in the last song of the evening, and she did great! Then church and soccer on Sunday, and back to the week! This weekend will be even more busy (and fun!) with movies and Christmas Eve church and snack dinner and Christmas morning and saying goodbye to Polka-Dot the elf for a whole year (praise the Lord! ;)).<br />
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We don't currently have any foster kiddos, and right now I'm not sure when we will take another placement. Lots of reasons, but that's for another post! :)<br />
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18189414451031613419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368698381573524935.post-2295252624666134172017-05-07T18:21:00.000-04:002017-05-07T18:23:55.303-04:00grief is weirdgrief is weird.<br />
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our 11th foster baby, "G", went home two weeks ago after being with us for three months. her family was ready and we were and continue to be happy for all of them. we weren't sad, because as much as we loved having her with us, she belongs with her parents so there have been no tears over her leaving. she left our home as seamlessly as she entered, and for that i am truly grateful.<br />
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part of me started to think that i was getting used to this "love them with an open hand" thing that we are supposed to do.<br />
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but grief is weird.<br />
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because in the void of mourning sweet baby G's reunion, the weight of the loss and tragedy we've somehow learned to carry became overwhelming.<br />
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because as happy as we are for G, the knowledge that it doesn't always work out as well is even more apparent.<br />
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i mourn for the families that are broken and for the myriad of reasons that brought them to the point of having their children removed from their care. i imagine myself in their shoes, being told that i could not be trusted to provide a safe environment for this person whom i so desperately love, even if i could not show it.<br />
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i mourn for the sweet babies we have loved and the mamas we have encouraged and supported and rejoiced with, only to see their lives collapse again and again.<br />
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i mourn for the futures of babies who were born into the world already addicted to drugs, whose brains were forever altered before they even took their first breath, and for those who will face lifelong struggles from alcohol exposure.<br />
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i mourn for the children who cannot possibly understand what is happening in their lives.</div>
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i mourn for our own family who has had to say goodbye again and again and again to babies and children who had become our sons and daughters. </div>
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we attempt to lay selfishness aside even as we send these beloved children to an uncertain future, and are filled with anger and despair when these precious babies are once again abused and neglected.</div>
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i mourn for a system so overwhelmed and so broken that when decisions are made, what is truly best and safest for the child is an <i>afterthought.</i></div>
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i have spent over a week trying, mostly unsuccessfully, not to cry. </div>
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when a song plays at church about jesus bringing hope to the hopeless and light to the darkness and i want to believe it so badly.</div>
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when I think about the birth parents who visit their children and bring bags overflowing with toys and candy because they desperately want to show that they are sorry and love them and don't know any other way.</div>
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when i am at my child's school and see a teacher's impatience and cruelty make another child cry, and all i can think is, <i>don't you understand what a privilege it is to get to be a part of his life?! don't you see that he is a person worthy of respect and love?</i></div>
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when i receive a call from a birth parent of one of our former babies and my mind goes through a million possible scenarios before finding out it was an accidental call.</div>
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when my despair bleeds into my attitude and i just want to hide but my own children need attention and water and for me to settle arguments and to know that i am still here.</div>
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when a friend tells me that what we do must be Jesus because it's all so impossible. and it is. </div>
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grief is weird.</div>
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because i am happy for G, but i will let the tears continue to fall.</div>
Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18189414451031613419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368698381573524935.post-74174678386920480282016-09-16T04:10:00.001-04:002016-09-16T04:10:07.654-04:00all the timeup at 4am and I can't sleep<div>
listening to the clicks and beeps of hospital machines and praying for a miracle for sweet baby girl</div>
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because I know our God is a God who moves mountains</div>
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and I want to trust that no matter the outcome, His plans are greater than my plans, and His ways are higher than my ways</div>
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because two days ago I took a picture of her tiny hand in mine and marveled at the perfection of her little body</div>
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because God is good, all the time</div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18189414451031613419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368698381573524935.post-5171982346603539062016-09-06T07:56:00.001-04:002016-09-06T07:56:29.199-04:00"So, You Wanna Go Out?"For those of you who haven't had the pleasure of knowing Michael and I too long, I thought I'd share a little bit of our story (who doesn't love a love story, right?!)<br />
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It started waaaaaaaay back in 1997, with two 8th graders and a question:<br />
"so, you wanna go out?"<br />
which was followed up by a decisive:<br />
"okay"<br />
and the deal was sealed with a high five (for which we would be ruthlessly teased for all the days of our lives)<br />
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6 months later was our first highschool dance (and our first kiss! I know you all wanted to know that)<br />
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Fast forward a few years to Senior Prom, and still going strong. You can't tell from this picture, but we were both members of the A/V club, so we were *pretty* popular and not at all huge nerds in highschool<br />
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Later that year we graduated together and headed off to OSU...<br />
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...and on our 5 year anniversary (spring of our freshman year), Michael proposed! Spoiler alert: I said yes<br />
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a year and a half later, we tied the knot<br />
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and two years after that we graduated from Ohio State, said goodbye to Ohio, and moved ourselves to North Carolina<br />
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Michael started working as and engineer, and after a year of grad school (me), several various jobs (me), and 4 months of teaching (also me...y'all, I was NOT cut out to be a highschool teacher!), we moved back to Ohio to be closer to family for when we had kids. Surprise! 9 months after moving back, sweet Maya Grace was born, and we would never sleep again. The end.<br />
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j/k, that's obviously not the end because we've had like a million more kids since then (though the not sleeping part is most definitely true)<br />
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so anyway, 2 years later, along came Charlotte Mae<br />
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and 2 years after that, Milo Frederick<br />
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then we thought, "hey, our family isn't already ridiculous with 3 kids under 4. We should totally adopt!" and so in 2013 (the kids were 1, 3, and 5 at this point) we officially went on the waiting list to adopt a child from Ethiopia<br />
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the story of that ongoing adventure is long and probably boring for anyone except us, so suffice it to say it was taking a lot longer than we expected, so 2 years into the adoption journey, we became licensed foster parents<br />
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we have said "hello!" and "goodbye" 9 times since then, and watched our three amazing children learn hard lessons about love and loss while trying to figure it out ourselves<br />
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this last year has been one of the most challenging of our marriage, with the demands of two medically needy and emotionally taxing toddlers that at times made us question how we had ever thought we could handle this. For my birthday a month ago, Michael gave me a card that said, "we'll get through this together"<br />
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and we have<br />
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and we will<br />
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so today we celebrate 13 years of marriage (and close to 20 years since that fateful day in middle school)<br />
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looking back, I cannot imagine having spent my life with anyone else. Looking forward, I know that the best is yet to come<br />
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<span data-offset-key="5nq1d-0-0"><span data-text="true">This afternoon we say our forever-goodbye to the two sweet toddlers that became an instant part of our family a little over a year ago. I am so happy for them, and their brothers, and their mama who has worked so hard. She's ready, they're ready, we're as ready as we can be. </span></span></div>
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Maya made each of them a coloring book.</div>
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Charlotte gave Baby Girl a stuffed animal with a note around its neck that said, "I hope you have a good time."</div>
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Milo gave them two Pokemon cards.</div>
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We will stand in the parking lot of the courthouse and give hugs and kisses and say "I love you"s. We will tell them that we are so excited that they get to go live with their mommy, even as our hearts break over what we once thought might be our forever-family.</div>
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We may or may not get to see them again.</div>
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I will continue to get reminder calls for appointments that I won't be taking them to. </div>
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<span data-offset-key="5nq1d-0-0"><span data-text="true">I will wake up in the night imagining that I hear Little Man crying out for me. </span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="5nq1d-0-0"><span data-text="true">I will find little reminders of them; a sock tucked inside a shirt sleeve, a hidden "just in case" stack of diapers, a sippy cup under the trampoline. </span></span></div>
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We will worry about how they are doing, and wonder if they think about us.</div>
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We've been counting down the days until they go home, but how do you explain to a three-year old what "forever" means? When he asks over and over how many sleeps until he sees his mommy, and then how many more until he sees you again.</div>
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We will take a break from this chaotic and beautiful foster life, and reconnect with the three amazing kids who have given up so much of our time and attention over the last year.</div>
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My heart already longs for the day we will take another sweet child into our home. Experience has taught me that, as much as I hate that foster care is needed, there can be beauty in the ashes.<br />
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18189414451031613419noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368698381573524935.post-90350353264411720502016-05-07T22:41:00.000-04:002016-08-29T13:20:25.791-04:00Birth Mother's Day<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today is Birth Mother's Day. </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Baby Girl and Little Man call out "Mommy!" approximately 74 times an hour</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">to show a booboo they just discovered</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">to ask for help, or food, or water, or "up pease!"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">to say something very important like "that man is mowing his lawn!" or "sometimes I call Otis a good puppy!" or "me NOT tired!" or "grandma has a garage at her house!"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Each time they call out "Mommy"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">they mean me</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">and not Her</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And when they see Her they call Her "mommy", too. </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And the truth is</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am their mommy</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">who wipes their tears</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">rocks them to sleep</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">encourages them to eat their vegetables</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">sits in the waiting room again and again and again and prays that the surgery will go well</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">comforts them when they are missing their brothers</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">lovingly corrects their mistakes</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">teaches them manners</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">gets hugs and kisses and "I love you!"s from two of the world's sweetest babies</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">makes mistakes every day but is doing her best</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am their mommy when someone does a double take at my shopping cart full of groceries and children and says, "are they all yours?!" </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">and they are</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">and they aren't</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And the truth is</span><br /><span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">She is their mommy</span></span><br /><span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">who carried them for 9 months in her belly and cried tears of joy when they were born</span></span><br /><span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">tried her hardest to keep them fed and clothed and safe</span></span><br /><span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">holds her arms wide as they run to her at their visit</span></span><br /><span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">cries as she straps them into my car when their visit is over</span></span><br /><span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">eagerly gives me her phone number so that she can talk to her babies</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">gets hugs and kisses and "I love you!"s from two of the world's sweetest babies</span><br /><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">makes mistakes every day but is doing her best</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And we're not that different, she and I</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">because we are both loved and cherished mommies</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">because we are both loved and cherished daughters of the King</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">because no sin is greater and no person less worthy of His love</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">So today I will treasure the two precious lives that She bore but that He has entrusted to me for this time</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">and at the same time I will pray for their "other Mommy" </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">because I am the one who gets to </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">tuck them in</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">answer their questions</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">hear their sweet baby voices</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">watch them grow and learn and change</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because without Her</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I would not be their mommy for now</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4NrdAVsb1F0v5IDCjoWKcC2C8Ry7WW-GfU9adon-4TJwOScAwH2OVyvZU3TcI3RDdmqARZ3XpKOwr1ewX6fcgNZc-p9rumIq64hzrrSgiodkwEN9USl0kyCbl707V-tbAhootZhevlC2/s1600/B_Gj73KW0AIB3fQ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4NrdAVsb1F0v5IDCjoWKcC2C8Ry7WW-GfU9adon-4TJwOScAwH2OVyvZU3TcI3RDdmqARZ3XpKOwr1ewX6fcgNZc-p9rumIq64hzrrSgiodkwEN9USl0kyCbl707V-tbAhootZhevlC2/s320/B_Gj73KW0AIB3fQ.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; 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A was so tense he had trouble falling asleep, and even after he was asleep would have his fists clenched, muscles tight, heart racing. He would wake up screaming multiple times every night. B wanted to be in my lap, but facing outward, away from me, with as little of her body touching mine as possible. She preferred her head to be not on my arm, but on the cold, hard arm of the chair in which we rocked. Night after night they both screamed while Michael and I tried desperately to comfort. Some nights it took hours, and ended with me crying right along with them. Naptime was much the same, but felt even more desperate as I prayed for a break in the middle of the very long days.<br />
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Today, B fell asleep for a nap while Sierra rocked her facing in.<br />
Tonight after baths, A snuggled himself into bed (along with "Dog the Frog", his stuffed animal) before I even came into the room.<br />
Tonight, B snuggled against me in our rocking chair and within minutes I felt her little body relax and her breathing become even.<br />
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We have a long way to go in this journey, and some days it is easier to focus on the many struggles we have before us. But for tonight, I will thank God for the hard-won battles that we've faced over these last 6 months, and be grateful for his peace that passes all understanding that has and will continue to carry us through.Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18189414451031613419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368698381573524935.post-50652363540637013562015-11-08T22:02:00.002-05:002015-11-08T22:02:56.321-05:00OneThe first foster baby we ever had turned one today. He was placed with us just 2 days after his birth, and stole our hearts nearly as quickly. He became beloved brother, son, grandson, great-grandson, nephew, cousin, and was sweet baby "J" to all our friends. All who met him fell in love with his big brown eyes, his soft baby curls, his melt-your-heart smile. He was family. And then, nearly as quickly as he'd entered our lives, he left.<br />
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I tried to be happy for him, but 9 months later it is still a struggle. We are missing his first steps, first words, first foods. We don't get to see his personality begin to come out and define who he will be. We loved him without guard, without abandon. We loved him like he deserved to be loved, and then we let him go.<br />
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Today our church celebrated student ministry Sunday, and I was blessed to see these awesome young men and women stand up in front of our community of believers and lead us in worship, pray with and for us, and share a little glimpse into their lives. Two of the students were baptized this morning, and as they shared their testimonies, I thought about how proud their parents must be of the path their children are choosing. What an amazing legacy they are leaving ~ 1 John 1:4 says, "I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.", and that is absolutely how I feel. When Maya makes up songs that worship God or Charlotte tells me that her favorite activity is MOVE (children's choir) because "God and Jesus are the best things in the universe" or Milo tells me he was "yeally byave" in the car when he saw a spider because "I knew God was with me", my heart just about explodes. It breaks my heart that, in most cases, I won't get to experience that with our foster babies, and more than that, that I won't know whether or not they are hearing the Truth. They are in our lives when they are young, but most of the time will go back home or to family, and with little exception we will never hear from them or about them again.<br />
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The tears don't come as frequently now as they did when "J" first left, but they still sneak up on me every now and then. When people tell me that they could never foster because they would get too attached, I have to just smile because getting too attached is exactly what these kids need. We are told all the time that we are so great and so special and so amazing for doing what we do, and while I do appreciate the encouragement (believe me, on tough days sometimes that is all I have to go on!), you need to know that we are just average people, doing a hard thing and getting hurt over and over. But we are also average people who are being blessed by doing exactly what God has called us to do. This year has been a rollercoaster of high highs and low lows, and I'm thankful for each moment.<br />
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<i>Worth It </i>by Francesca Battistelli</blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">Love's not a feeling, love's not convenient</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">But I know love can change your life</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">Love takes sacrifice, love cuts like a knife</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">Sometimes love will make you cry</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">Love's not easy but it's worth it</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: proxnov-reg, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></blockquote>
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18189414451031613419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368698381573524935.post-25168668132962871232015-11-04T22:27:00.002-05:002015-11-04T22:27:34.792-05:00Milo and Otis (and Charley)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18189414451031613419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368698381573524935.post-84402090784871642822015-11-03T21:59:00.000-05:002015-11-03T21:59:30.364-05:00NewarkA couple of months ago when we were visiting Michael's mom, we got to take the kids on a picnic to OSU-Newark, where Michael and I had attended classes during our senior year of high school. The campus is pretty beautiful and the weather was amazing. After the picnic we hung out at Penny's and Charlotte showed us her monkey side by trying to climb as high as possible in a tree in the backyard. Maya, being the older sister, is usually the one leading the way for Charlotte. But, when it comes to tree-climbing, Charlotte is the undisputed leader.<br />
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18189414451031613419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368698381573524935.post-27463998859876159262015-11-02T22:50:00.000-05:002015-11-02T22:50:07.021-05:00How Tall This Fall, 2015 EditionWe made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch a couple of weeks ago. It is so fun to be able to look back at all the pictures of our kiddos over the years as our family has grown and changed! This year we got to add two bonus kids to the group, even! Little 3yo "A" is just about the most photogenic kid I've ever met, and I'm sad that I can't share his picture here because you all would melt into a puddle from his utter adorableness. Baby sister 20mo "I" is also quite a cutie, though she is full of more spice than sugar and only smiles on her own terms ;-) Both of the kids have won the hearts of all who have met them, and I'm so thankful to share these traditions with them!<div>
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Side-note ~ turns out I didn't blog last year's pumpkin patch pictures!!! So bonus for my awesome readers, you get to see new pictures from this year AND last year! The rest you may have seen before ;)</div>
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Other side-note ~ I miss Milo's long hair! Sorry Mama, I'm letting it grow out again!<br /><div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18189414451031613419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368698381573524935.post-43930684904331939642015-11-01T23:38:00.000-05:002015-11-01T23:38:48.547-05:00One Year DownWhere do I even begin? This has been a crazy year for our family. We just recently passed the one year anniversary of being licensed foster parents, and in that time have had nine placements in and out of our home. Currently we have two sweet but BUSY toddlers, in addition to our three birth kiddos. To say that life has been hectic is very much an understatement! But, if you've talked to me at all about our family or foster care, you will know that I feel very strongly that we are exactly where God wants us to be, and we have grown and changed and learned and been abundantly blessed by this calling. Our eyes have been opened to a whole new world. I've had to have a lot of conversations with Maya this past year about the reasons parents can't take care of their kids, either for a season or forever.<br />
We have seen the joy of families reunited and cheered on birth parents fighting for their kids. <br />
We have picked up newborn babies from the hospital nursery while their mamas were still recovering from giving birth.<br />
We have experienced the heartbreak of kids asking why mommy and daddy didn't show up for their visit, and tried to cover up our own anger and sadness while we stretched the truth, even making ourselves the "bad guy" so the kids wouldn't feel abandoned again. <br />
We have comforted babies who were missing their mamas after they were removed from the only home they'd ever known in the middle of the night. <br />
We have held down children as they received well-past-due immunizations, and cried real tears with them as they were poked and prodded and examined for signs of abuse. <br />
We have spent more time in emergency rooms and doctors offices than in all my previous years of parenting combined. <br />
We have been asked questions about medical history over and over that we could not answer. <br />
We have had our hearts ripped into a million tiny pieces as children we loved like our own were moved from our home with little warning, knowing that we would never find out how they were doing. <br />
We have hit our knees more times than I can count, asking God to change our hearts toward birth parents, to heal the damage done by neglect, to protect our older children and our marriage, to give these children a hope and a future like He promises in Jeremiah 29:11. <br />
We have seen our birth kids fall in love with their foster siblings and then let them go and rejoice at their reunification with their families. <br />
We have seen children make huge leaps developmentally as they become comfortable in a loving home. <br />
We have been exhausted and distraught and overscheduled and hopeless. <br />
We have been overjoyed and fulfilled and full of hope.<br />
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18189414451031613419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368698381573524935.post-44700560486448944702015-04-29T13:27:00.000-04:002016-08-29T13:20:25.827-04:00"They're Lucky to Have You"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We have had six children come and go in the last 6 months, and we receive some form of that comment at least a couple times a week. I smile and blush and mumble something about how we're lucky to have them. And while I am not always the most eloquent in person, it is the absolute truth ~ I can say with certainty that *we* are the lucky ones.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">We are lucky that our birth children not only share their toys and help with bottles and diapers, but also incorporate their foster brothers and sisters in their games, pray for them, love them. </div></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">We are lucky that when they wake up in the morning and discover a new child in our home, they can barely contain their excitement. </div></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">We are lucky that they continue to talk about and pray for the children well after they have moved on from our home.</div></div><div class="" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIiC6BkS18_rf4HGM5TcJREC7mLWJmhPvOQN3IwQrai2ej9We92kNe76MWDz0wNjkUZGTIhe2pz09hxLQrCyyWYV0ZCuslugaqM-pj1eiMEMrnFzawzHmC6VxF2eByCeKBZaXUBPjuA90/s1600/IMG_2578.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">We are lucky that a child can come to our home in an emergency situation and immediately be loved by everyone in our family ~ immediate and extended. </div></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">We are lucky that we get to see a child smile for the first time after experiencing trauma. </div></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"> I am lucky that I get to comfort a baby who is missing her mama, that I get to feel her body relax as I whisper to her over and over that she is safe.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvI_zMCXyCupxOjkRRzYBXHtk4Zqx_FrspXt6GCeGwgDICkcN2GULDU-932cl9iJdiA92p6K1Soj-tH7GlOiBZMHaw3bgJP2KfOk5vGAJjR0i7AzcAjevXi3EPYr92aXc9aM-rq4ENK7C/s1600/DSC_0062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvI_zMCXyCupxOjkRRzYBXHtk4Zqx_FrspXt6GCeGwgDICkcN2GULDU-932cl9iJdiA92p6K1Soj-tH7GlOiBZMHaw3bgJP2KfOk5vGAJjR0i7AzcAjevXi3EPYr92aXc9aM-rq4ENK7C/s1600/DSC_0062.jpg" height="400" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are lucky that we get to experience the joys of having a newborn, even while knowing the heartbreak that comes before and after her arrival. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJCg_-Rm9Ng8IgVsCy-kTBfd9x9UQmHJyWZPiXK9rvShvbZzrsOQGgj_rX53TC7lJMHtHsVdbvfAEUzX1__WsmFKR5BkEdfZ1_M8NtIkvtPcaOJM8IkuIMIIT6B61WLtxzU69hrxYJzA-/s1600/IMG_2940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJCg_-Rm9Ng8IgVsCy-kTBfd9x9UQmHJyWZPiXK9rvShvbZzrsOQGgj_rX53TC7lJMHtHsVdbvfAEUzX1__WsmFKR5BkEdfZ1_M8NtIkvtPcaOJM8IkuIMIIT6B61WLtxzU69hrxYJzA-/s1600/IMG_2940.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Brief update: the kids are good, we got a puppy, we've had 6 foster kids come and go (read about that at my other neglected blog, which I hope to update soon, hisplanmyhope.com).<br />
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It's spring! Well, sortof. It was nice enough a few times over the past couple weeks that we got outside for a bit. Otis (puppy) is much better behaved when he's had lots and lots and LOTS of exercise chasing the kids outside. We have taken him to 2 different puppy classes and boarded him a few times, and all of the trainers have commented on how "excited" or "energetic" he is. Maybe some day he'll be calm enough to snuggle, cause a snuggly puppy he is not! But he's cute, and he's fun, and he's learning his manners ~ can't ask for much more than that!<br />
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18189414451031613419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368698381573524935.post-9287033458785637962015-02-17T16:56:00.000-05:002016-08-29T13:20:25.873-04:00Here and Gone, AgainA little over a week ago, we received a call that there was a sweet baby just born who may need a safe and warm place to stay for a little while. The circumstances of his situation were such that we did not think he'd end up with us, but said we would of course love to have him as long as possible. I spent the weekend trying not to think about him, and at the same time praying fervently for his mama, his siblings, him. I was surprised when I received the call a few days later that they would, in fact, like to place this little guy with us. I had already packed up the diaper bag and installed the car seat (just in case :)), and eagerly waited for the call to come pick him up. After talking to his worker, we were expecting he'd be with us for a couple months.<br /><br />I was ready. But I wasn't. I was nervous because what I *really* wanted was "J", and I knew that this baby would not be him. I was afraid, like you are when preparing to give birth to a second child, that I would not love him as much. I was afraid that, somehow, "J" would know what was happening and would feel replaced. When sweet little "A" was placed into my arms in that hospital nursery, though, the worries and fears melted away and were replaced by the same love and protectiveness that had washed over me when I first met "J". <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8jziNLtkwCnxZDKW_Xl8bwKY7wPAZjJWnEOse8GCRIsIbXS0usS7Rl36wraBGhfm9MMtksdBBTpiRuZ4oX6e2GwRYTVk2DUm-1tOoRKVbJWvb1T2VKjURxCP-aJL63OtHN1UUZYw92Ub/s1600/IMG_2212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8jziNLtkwCnxZDKW_Xl8bwKY7wPAZjJWnEOse8GCRIsIbXS0usS7Rl36wraBGhfm9MMtksdBBTpiRuZ4oX6e2GwRYTVk2DUm-1tOoRKVbJWvb1T2VKjURxCP-aJL63OtHN1UUZYw92Ub/s1600/IMG_2212.jpg" height="213" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />We held him and played with him and loved on him and kissed him and enjoyed his sweet baby smell for 36 hours, and then, as quickly as he'd come to us, he went home. It didn't hurt in the same way as it did when "J" left, but I am surprised at how much we all miss him. Milo is pretty sure that "A" and "J" went to the same place, which I suppose makes sense in his 3 year old brain :) As we were getting ready for bed on the day "A" went home, Michael commented that it is surprising how quickly you get used to having a baby around. That our house, despite being quite full with our 3 amazing kiddos, feels empty.<br /><br />So now we wait, again, for the next sweet child that needs our home, even if only for a little while.<br /><br /><br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18189414451031613419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368698381573524935.post-5808418900527458352015-01-30T14:07:00.000-05:002016-08-29T13:20:25.895-04:00Reflections<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5V7PrnzIzcyblYbaxux9dPvKYNchK8vzWpUYEnUYtqnaJlsx_21qAVOOOCjVR2GwiJeoXlYUS3ZLGd3OUImeuq_euqo12I7CVsA5yrSVW2wuZv8ZBi3IOTQc9RJkwhdOYwnc_1xXLZJs/s1600/IMG_1622+-+Version+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5V7PrnzIzcyblYbaxux9dPvKYNchK8vzWpUYEnUYtqnaJlsx_21qAVOOOCjVR2GwiJeoXlYUS3ZLGd3OUImeuq_euqo12I7CVsA5yrSVW2wuZv8ZBi3IOTQc9RJkwhdOYwnc_1xXLZJs/s1600/IMG_1622+-+Version+2.jpg" height="316" width="640" /></a></div><br />"J" left our home 2 weeks ago today, and I can say with certainty that we have NEVER felt loved more than we have in these last 14 days. We had so many people send us messages, bring meals, offer a listening ear or a hug, and pray for our family. It's incredible the blessing that you receive when you do something hard.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdXcZL-VAVGWyH_MORkKmiYGldcBKHnZmpuO1h7o2iKI7YzZnjzhSZ6lkREc9LXOFx_RHuYlMqvgwA1W9qBUfeWpruxDs1xj_cD3XEyMBl38Yvaar16Be4-ZiYNwdixkEMY-KgCuYnvh3/s1600/DSC_6320.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdXcZL-VAVGWyH_MORkKmiYGldcBKHnZmpuO1h7o2iKI7YzZnjzhSZ6lkREc9LXOFx_RHuYlMqvgwA1W9qBUfeWpruxDs1xj_cD3XEyMBl38Yvaar16Be4-ZiYNwdixkEMY-KgCuYnvh3/s1600/DSC_6320.jpg" height="263" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I didn't want "J" to leave. When we started this process we were very secure in our decision to do foster care rather than straight adoption, but the moment they placed that sweet baby in my arms at the hospital, I felt a protectiveness over him that I did not expect. In our conversations with people, Michael and I continued to maintain that the best place for "J" was with his family, but in my selfishness I truly believed that he was better off with us. I prayed that God would take away these thoughts, and I prayed daily for his birth parents, but in my heart of hearts I continued to struggle with the fact that this was not my child.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaliBEqaSjfVMcAmrtmNzLHO6JYwf2I5GKj97wPQVwFiVd05h9e3MCs3iP3A_ecgJSX-76Y8cLGOvOCpbueMv17XvAVbNQRefzsL0jMObgUy27k4HN6u7iY6ZdM70zQ9RqM81gW0nhLlgA/s1600/IMG_0755.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaliBEqaSjfVMcAmrtmNzLHO6JYwf2I5GKj97wPQVwFiVd05h9e3MCs3iP3A_ecgJSX-76Y8cLGOvOCpbueMv17XvAVbNQRefzsL0jMObgUy27k4HN6u7iY6ZdM70zQ9RqM81gW0nhLlgA/s1600/IMG_0755.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The truth is, none of my children are "mine". Not "J", and not Maya, Charlotte, or Milo. They all belong to God, and we are given them to care for and raise for Him for as long as His plan allows. Michael and I have known this since before Maya was born, and in our nightly prayers I always thank God for the privilege we have to raise these amazing children that He has given to us for this time. Until "J" left, though, I don't think I truly understood how powerful that blessing really is. To be a part of a child's life, whether they were given to you through birth, foster care, or adoption, is an unbelievable gift.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEaWfZA8wkyW8H3LbyL3OMOPQ80axPVhRZRLAjnhA4Q6abMv029l6SeVtnHnXs9D8VEMfbXg0koQ4xsVN2Ac5fc-L61TEjbK_8RjN86gInoKc9dv0IPq-W7tx_cMM60aWV5DCKwXAyK0P/s1600/IMG_0497.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEaWfZA8wkyW8H3LbyL3OMOPQ80axPVhRZRLAjnhA4Q6abMv029l6SeVtnHnXs9D8VEMfbXg0koQ4xsVN2Ac5fc-L61TEjbK_8RjN86gInoKc9dv0IPq-W7tx_cMM60aWV5DCKwXAyK0P/s1600/IMG_0497.jpg" height="400" width="300" /></a></div><br />Although it is still hard for me to understand the brokenness of this world, I have seen small glimmers of what God was doing through our short time with "J". This tiny baby impacted so many. There are several families that were so moved by "J" that they are now considering becoming foster parents, even after seeing the hurt that comes with letting go.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9aPDJKL77CTfjalBZa11kZy45GWLappvXJYo6Pe3cP9aKXj6aiALj_FWwqoRX_EYhUUABVU-WZwR9kmebjKfmhQ7Mf8Whw9BEOgBXiO6pSYJjVq_rUAC3ZLM59Wbwbf_Rpjy4jfJxCAX/s1600/IMG_0893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9aPDJKL77CTfjalBZa11kZy45GWLappvXJYo6Pe3cP9aKXj6aiALj_FWwqoRX_EYhUUABVU-WZwR9kmebjKfmhQ7Mf8Whw9BEOgBXiO6pSYJjVq_rUAC3ZLM59Wbwbf_Rpjy4jfJxCAX/s1600/IMG_0893.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div><br />In the car the other day, I was talking about "J" with the kids. The mantra we've been using is that we're happy for him, but sad for us. Charlotte asked me what that meant, so I told her that it's good that "J" gets to be with his family, but we can still be sad that we don't get to take care of him anymore. She said, "does that mean we didn't love him enough?" Oh, my. Through tears I told her that, no, it means we loved him exactly like we were supposed to.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSEs4q4pwc7akuzCidBSrgCqB-KbjEsGYZ3HxmUuHpo1RwbrKAY-hrlEMMMBqgVjq0Td-AzJsdJEc-kj1DPns5mZ_zF7BVW4fkxwaUV11uBzo6-EfEyfeedtehpXNN6uldfFFS2uU3YxM/s1600/DSC_0053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSEs4q4pwc7akuzCidBSrgCqB-KbjEsGYZ3HxmUuHpo1RwbrKAY-hrlEMMMBqgVjq0Td-AzJsdJEc-kj1DPns5mZ_zF7BVW4fkxwaUV11uBzo6-EfEyfeedtehpXNN6uldfFFS2uU3YxM/s1600/DSC_0053.jpg" height="400" width="291" /></a></div><br />God is continuing to work in us, and we are standing with our arms and hearts and home wide open for whatever He has in store.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">"Blessings" by Laura Story</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">We pray for blessings, we pray for peace</span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Comfort for family, protection while we sleep</span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">We pray for healing, for prosperity</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">And all the while, You hear each spoken need</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things</div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops</span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">What if Your healing comes through tears</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise?</div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">We pray for wisdom, Your voice to hear</span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">And we cry in anger when we cannot feel you near</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">We doubt your goodness, we doubt your love</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">As if each promise from Your Word is not enough</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">And all the while, You hear each desperate plea</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">And long that we'd have faith to believe</div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">When friends betray us</span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">When darkness seems to win, we know</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">That pain reminds this hearts,</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">That this is not, this is not our home.....</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">It's not our home</div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">What if my greatest disappointments,</span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Or the aching of this life,</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">What if trials of this life,</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">The rain, the storms, the hardest nights</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Are your mercies in disguise?</div></span>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18189414451031613419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368698381573524935.post-6527481630758064582015-01-20T00:09:00.000-05:002016-08-29T13:20:25.921-04:00When You Don't Know What God is Doing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX7g3akG-iH-N8nagGwQvU2Q7FWVBbGMbAKxkBbcVO1EbhxRIQST8mLybi-QvcK68X5Kmk3drMkAMGDeidaABMcZuVnQgHSnTSISkXf3Ylt4GPl0SG3pxkPMhYgrisnwY8LNlyRXWwJsud/s1600/DSC_0047+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It contained way too many unimportant details, but writing it was cathartic. The long and short of my post was this:</span></div><div class="verse" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><ul><li><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">licensing for foster care took much longer than we'd planned</span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">a precious newborn, "J", was placed with us in November</span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Michael and I got super duper attached</span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">after 1 day's notice, "J" left on Friday to live with a family member</span></span></li><li><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">we are feeling broken, incomplete</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RespqrYzztk3THwSRxZ5c24LJCIjOGsWF6LIL6h9bFnGrmA2Wrilip4mSHeqfWlZYLqc_tdUtXld1bWxVQPaQIjsccSGrh1jY64to6Cz7LGT4fP2li1O0M8A86LtKr9XXAXVlk5nef7t/s1600/DSC_0064+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RespqrYzztk3THwSRxZ5c24LJCIjOGsWF6LIL6h9bFnGrmA2Wrilip4mSHeqfWlZYLqc_tdUtXld1bWxVQPaQIjsccSGrh1jY64to6Cz7LGT4fP2li1O0M8A86LtKr9XXAXVlk5nef7t/s1600/DSC_0064+(1).jpg" height="267" width="400" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Now here's where I can write my heart, without all the boring-to-everyone-but-me details :)</span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"J" is gone, and we may never see him again, and the weight of that is heavy on me right now. My heart is broken. I try to tell myself that if I wasn't sad, I didn't love "J" in the way I should. Foster care is not supposed to be easy, most of the kids go home, we are a temporary stop in their journey, we are blessed that we could be a part of his life for a short time, our home is now available for other children that need us, and on and on and on. I truly, truly believe all that. But right now? Right now my heart is broken because I loved and I lost. Right now I worry that "J" is not being taken care of in the way that *I* would take care of him. Right now I look at our empty bouncy seat and the lone sock I can't bear to pick up from our closet floor and the bottles that I haven't put away and the car that doesn't have the right number of children packed into it. I don't feel the weight of his warm body against my chest as he sleeps, and I can't kiss his soft curly hair. I know that I will not be woken up by a baby tonight because there is no baby here. I have a voicemail on my phone reminding me of an appointment that I will not be taking him to. He is everywhere and he is nowhere.</span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">And so it goes.</span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We will heal, and we will grow from this process. I don't understand God's plan. I don't understand the brokenness that allowed "J" to come into foster care to begin with. I don't understand why he was allowed to be with us for 9 weeks and then moved suddenly out of our lives. But (isn't there always a but?). But. I *do* understand that God is faithful. He is using us, and he is using "J". On the night "J" left, Michael and I received the sweetest email from my mother-in-law, and it reminded me of God's work in and through us. We see over and over the impact "J" has had on our friends and family. This loss for us has shown us in a mighty way that we have an amazing network of support ~ we have received meals, phone calls, messages, Bible verses, and many, many prayers.</span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The pain has been surprising in its depth, and yet I find myself yearning to do this again. I still truly believe that God is calling our family to serve Him in this way, and while that does not make this part of the process easier, it has helped me to focus on the bigger picture of our lives, rather than only on this chapter. We may not know what is ahead, but looking back only proves to me that God's plan for us is more perfect than we could have ever imagined.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">from "Through It All" by Andrae Crouch</span></div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">I've had many tears and sorrows,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've had questions for tomorrow,</div><div style="text-align: center;">there's been times I didn't know right from wrong.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But in every situation,</div><div style="text-align: center;">God gave me blessed consulation,</div><div style="text-align: center;">that my trials come to only make me strong.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been to lots of places,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've seen a lot of faces,</div><div style="text-align: center;">there's been times I felt so all alone.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But in my lonely hours,</div><div style="text-align: center;">yes, those precious lonely hours,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jesus lets me know that I was His own</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I thank God for the mountains,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I thank Him for the valleys,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I thank Him for the storms He brought me through.</div><div style="text-align: center;">For if I'd never had a problem,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wouldn't know God could solve them,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd never know what faith in God could do</div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18189414451031613419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368698381573524935.post-9774550398824320712014-11-04T22:19:00.001-05:002014-11-04T22:19:30.312-05:00NaBloPoMo Day 2...Errrr...4So I'm clearly really amazing at this blogging thing. To be fair (to myself ;)) I've spent an inordinate amount of time cleaning the last couple of days; our foster care placement coordinator is coming tomorrow and I'd like him to see our home as the awesome and safe and loving place that it is (and not the chaotic and messy butalsoloving environment the kids sometimes create ;)).<br />
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A couple weeks ago we went apple picking at a local orchard. It was great, the kids were great, we got lots of apples, and have made some delicious applesauce (with a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001I7FP54/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">fun new kitchen gadget</a>).<br />
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<br />Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18189414451031613419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368698381573524935.post-83767208911535069452014-11-01T20:42:00.000-04:002014-11-01T20:42:59.596-04:00NaBloPoMo! Homeschooling!Well this year has just flown by, hasn't it?! I barely blink, it seems, and it's been over 3 months since my last post. But, have no fear! NaBloPoMo is here! I have a lot of catching up to do, so let's get started, shall we?<br />
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First off, my hard drive up and quit last week. Like, one day my computer would turn on, and the next day it would not. Fortunately Michael is a <strike>compulsive hoarder</strike> smart and resourceful husband, and had kept my old hard drive just in case this exact scenario happened. Unfortunately, somehow in the transition Aperture (my photo editor) decided it did not want to open anymore. Michael assures me that the photos (all 50,000+ of them) are still on my computer, I just can't access them right now. So for tonight, you get pics from my phone :)<br />
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At the beginning of September, the journey of homeschooling two (plus a toddler for fun!) began, and I am loving so much about it!<br />
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First day of Classical Conversations. That's Milo and Isaac holding hands on their way to the childcare :)</div>
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Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18189414451031613419noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368698381573524935.post-74731015813683631062014-06-03T22:57:00.001-04:002014-06-09T10:29:04.393-04:00Ballet Recital Wrap-UpThe Saturday before Memorial Day is quickly becoming one of my favorite days of the year, as it is the day that we get to see all the kids from Maya and Charlotte's ballet studio perform what they have been working on for the last several months. Their hard work is evident, and it is so neat to see the progression of skill from the teeny tinies (Charlotte's class this year) all the way up through high school seniors. I may be biased, but Thursday preschool ballet and Thursday ballet 2 were definitely the best dances of the evening ;)<br />
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The weeks leading up to the recital were filled with mostly excitement but also some stress ~ Milo <i>somehow</i> got ahold of both scissors AND Maya's recital costume...let's just say I'm thankful for my mom's sewing abilities! On top of the hole-in-the-irreplaceable-costume situation, I was also slightly (ok, majorly!) stressed about Charlotte. She's an amazing and wonderful and talented and smart and beautiful little girl, but she doesn't always show that to the world, and I never know how she will handle new and stressful situations. Guys. She blew me away! She rocked her little dance like it was the most natural thing in the world and made <i>at least </i>2 people cry with all her overcoming-anxiety-and-sensory-overload and stuff :*)<br />
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I am glad for the break we have now from school and (most) activities, but I am definitely looking forward to ballet starting again in the fall.<br />
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I told Maya to make a silly face, and she told me that "ballerinas don't make silly faces". So of course Isabella had to do this (she's amazing :))</div>
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This next series of pictures isn't my favorite in terms of composition, but you have to watch the progression...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...starting to look a little mischievous there, fellas...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isaac giving Milo some pointers</td></tr>
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