Adjustments

Do you remember the little girl 'Grace' that I posted about previously? She was one of the children who was flown out of Haiti soon after the major earthquake. She lives very close to me and I have routine contact with her aunt. She is doing very well. She came to her family at three years old. She was severely malnourished and struggled in many areas. Next week, she will be five years old. Wow! It doesn't seem like it could be that long. Yet, fifteen months ago almost to the day, Grace was flown from her native home of Port-au-Prince, Haiti to join her forever family. She is doing so well. She loves school and is a buddy to all of her teachers… [more]

We have spent the last week cleaning, packing and organizing our house. It has been exhausting work. It is times like these that having a lot of children is very obvious. On one hand, we have so much stuff, because there are so many people in our family. On the other hand, there are a lot of extra hands to make the work lighter. I have been so impressed by the hard work even my six year old has been able to accomplish, let alone my older children. Most of us are feeling very excited about this new adventure in our lives. We looked at our hopeful new home again today, and it was fun to again imagine what our life will… [more]