moved to action

Please take a few minutes to read this very well written post by Sylvia.  Sylvia and her husband adopted Elora from China in March 2012.

http://eloraatlast.blogspot.ca/

after 314 nights

It took 314 nights, but, Noah is no longer sleeping with mommy and daddy. He is now sleeping in a room with his big brother

Because you can only sled so much!!!

Adoption "wrecked" me

We have officially been home ten months with our dear little Noah. I knew things would change when we brought Noah home, every family changes with a new addition. However, I did not know the extent that adopting would change me as a human being. I did not know that adoption would wreck me. "wrecked-ruined, devastated, undone. my live forever changed, and there is no returning to how life used to be. My paradims have shifted. My worldview has been infected with a contagion that has spread to every facet of my life. I cannot go back to who I was"1 before this adoption journey. Kevin and I did not save Noah, only God can do the saving. I do know however, that as great as an orphanage can be(or not be) a child is never given the attention, love, nutrition and care needed to thrive. Families are where children thrive, and our sweet Noah is such an example of that. Not because we are perfect family, no, but because we are a quirky, make tons of mistakes, full of love kind of family. So, if God can take me, if God can take Kevin and God can take our family to change the outcome of a life, than do we just stop at that...go...good enough we have done our job.....NO God has plans for us...and how I wish I knew exactly what they were... the orphans...to see the faces...to know we can do more....it hurts. I am so glad I am wrecked...that my thoughts have been changed, my views shifted. To have compassion is to suffer with. To hurt with orphans is a place to start. A place for change, and place for action....Love is an action. James 1:27Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.
1 from the book wrecked by Jeff Goins

wordless wednesday(support at the dentist)

Suprising things I learned from the flu!!!

(besides the fact, I should buy 4litres ice cream pails and not 2 Litre boxes)I seemed to have been struck twice with the flu this week(or food poisoning and the flu, I do not know)   Laying in bed completely quarantined from my family was fine at first.  The first day I slept, and slept.  But, by the end of the second day...I was craving...well, human touch.  Being a mother of five kids, a wife, a friend, I am in constant "touch" with other human beings.  A child sitting on my lap, a kiss goodnight, a hug from a friend, etc.  In my memory, I do not think I have been two whole days with little human contact or touch.
By last night, I was almost in tears, I just wanted to hold and kiss my family(but, held back, as I did not want to give them the flu)

my point.....we all know....WE NEED HUMAN TOUCH!!!!  I know Noah had limited touch his first year and a half, and it hurts, it hurts to know that this little human being was not touched nearly as much as he should have been.  One adult caring for five or more babies and toddlers, it is just not possible to fill a childs needs.
So, next time I see a person whom I somewhat know(do not worry mom, I am not going to strart hugging complete strangers) who seems to need a little human touch, I am going to step out of my comfort zone and try and give more than just a simple hello, but some human touch...maybe, it is something they needed more than one can ever know!!

Found: Baby boy on Zhengzhou station China.

Here is a video of a baby boy found in the Zhengzou Station in China.  It is heartbreaking and leaves a sick pit in the bottom of my stomach.  I assume that this boy abandoned at 9 months perhaps has health issues.  Poor little baby, he is in shock...