Living Simply to Please Jesus while Simply Loving One Another
Leap Year Day is quite a day of celebration in our home…it was four years ago on Leap Year that I met our precious Birdie in China. Remembering that day, her facial expression was one of complete emptiness, her hollow eyes revealing deep sorrow. She painstakingly walked toward me when pushed by the woman accompanying…
Well it’s official – our little Miss Birdie Bee is 7-years-old!! Seven!! Although Birdie doesn’t really understand what a birthday is, and she is unable to say “seven” (or most words for that matter) she sure knew what I meant when I told her, “It’s going to be Birdie’s birthday and we will sing (and…
It’s every parent’s nightmare and I’m still feeling very unnerved by it all. Yesterday morning began when Dw took three of the boys to a meeting in California leaving Birdie, Ruby, Elizabeth, Jubilee and Johnny with me. In the afternoon Savannah and Winston came over – which was a beautiful blessing! Having only five at…
I couldn’t help myself ….I actually love reading and writing sonnets (even if there are an extra couple of lines)… ************** Four Little Girls Once four little girls were completely unknown, Those who saw them back then? Well their minds now’d be blown. See those four little girls didn’t matter…
There has been quite a bit of talk regarding the value of people who have Down Syndrome. One country in the world has proudly touted that Down Syndrome is basically extinct while another tells the world that before long people with Down Syndrome will no longer be born there. As I ponder in disbelief these…
In celebration of National Down Syndrome Awareness month, we share a bit about our own Down Syndrome gift – Miss Birdie. ****** Once upon a time, our little Birdie was being knit together in her mother’s womb. By God’s great knowledge, love and mercy, as the miracle of life unfolded our sweet little baby girl…
As an adoptive parent of older little ones, I remember being so sad to have missed all the “firsts”: first smile, first bath, first tooth (which in this mama’s opinion might actually be a perk. Teething is so not fun for anyone!), first crawl, first step…. BUT seriously, no doubt, every mama longs to have…