Close Moments.

Friends,
Well, yesterday was a tough day. Actually so was the day before. Lots of time in prayer for our daughter to come home. My heart was so heavy, leaden almost, causing me to look heavenward for strength and reassurance and rest.
As I was sitting at dance class, waiting on Summer Rain to finish her ballet class, I looked down upon the bench I was sitting on. There was a copy of Sports Illustrated. Hmmm. I don't read that magazine, and I almost looked away when the front page slogan caught my eye, and I re-read the three words that were blazed across the center in big, white letters. IT WILL HAPPEN!!!!! I couldn't believe my eyes! I really believe God put that magazine there to remind me that our daughter will come home :-) As if that was not enough, He graced me further with my daughter's shouts in the car as we were leaving the parking lot after dance class. She calls out,"Look, Mom! A rainbow!!" Indeed when I looked up, I saw a a broad slice of a most beautiful rainbow!! God's reminder to me that He keeps His promises!! To let you know how awesome this was, there was no rain, not this day or the day before. Just beautiful skies, and God's rainbow to share His love with me.

Family Fun Day

Wubby 's company has a family fun day every year. It is great fun for all of us. There is bingo with really good prizes, and guessing games, a few carnival rides, a runway of sorts with carnival type games, and many, many inflatables for bouncing fun! We all always enjoy going, and Summer Rain loves it!!! Of course, the food is very good, and the kiddos love the free, unlimited popcorn, cotton candy, snow cones, cookies, and a huge buffet!!

The first pic is of our youngest son, just finishing his rock climb, and Wubby is next doing the same :-) The other pic is our Summer Rain (on the right) with a friend. They filled the backseat with their loot, and made us stay until it was OVER!! We were exhausted...but jubilant :-)

Ordinary vs Extraordinary

Hello friends! Well, it is Friday, and my hope soars as I await the phone to ring today. Is there anything special about today. Nope. That is precisely what makes it so special. It is an ordinary day. God loves to use the ordinary to do EXTRA ordinary things!! If the phone doesn't ring and bring good news from Guatemala today, I will still enjoy a wonderful weekend , and await the next ordinary day that God chooses to use to bring to me the news that our file has been signed by the judge, and we are off to civil registry! We are getting closer and closer to bringing our daughter home. She is just beautiful, and I miss her very much. Soon, a couple of my friends will be traveling to pick up their daughters from Hannah's Hope, and both have promised to take with them a measure of love from me to bestow upon my little sweetie. Thank you friends in advance, for transporting a bit of my heart to Guatemala!

Meandering Thoughts

The morning is pregnant with hope and promise.
The breeze causes the gentle tinkling of my wind chimes.
What are they proclaiming?
The freshness of the air fills my lungs with a sweetness rare.

I walk in the desert.
Sometimes with purposeful strides.
Sometimes skipping along.
Sometimes in circles.
And, sometimes, trudgingly on, and on.

It is quiet here, in my desert
save for my own thoughts.
The truths I know flood my mind.
Some appear as a fountain
Gushing forth to quench my thirst.
Others as manna to satisfy my hunger.
Still others as mountains that must be climbed and probed, and explored,
and eventually conquered.

My Lord is with me here.
He speaks softly His words
that direct my path inward
to use this gift of desert time for discipline.
The discipline to increase my faith, and shine light on my darkest corners.