It's a Miracle - Susannah is coming home!

Susannah is on her way home. Miraculously, God has healed her enough to travel and they sped all the paperwork through so she can head home. She has to go see a heart surgeon in the U.S. when she gets here, but hopefully the healing will continue and her heart will be repairable. Continue to pray for her and her family.

More confessions of a 5 year old

S today got in trouble for spilling grape juice all over my beige carpet, after which I told him we would not be purchasing any further grape juice until he reaches at least adolescence. After hysterically crying for a few minutes S calmed down and told me that was okay, because I would forget tomorrow:/ Little does he know, that by saying that, he pretty much insures that this will be one of the few things I manage to remember. Plus, it's not like the image of yourself on all fours scrubbing grape juice out of your carpet is not going to come to mind every time you look at grape juice:(

Urgent Prayers Needed

This family is in China right now and just met their new daughter in the hospital where she is critically ill. They are praying for a miracle so their daughter will be well enough to be released from the hospital so they can take her home for medical treatment to save her life. Pray that she will get better enough to travel and that they will release her to her parents' care.

Candid thoughts of a Kindergartener

You know, there's something about a 5 year old. They really start to try to figure things out and they can say some pretty interesting stuff.

We took S to see Journey To The Center Of The Earth in 3d tonight. He really wanted to go, but then he got scared when they were demonstrating the 3d effects in the previews - go figure:) After a trip to the snack bar with Dad to purchase some gummy candy, he decided he could handle the movie after all..until they ran into some man-eating venus fly traps.

That part kind of freaked S out. He told his Dad he wanted to go just to home after the movie. Dad asked him what he meant and he said he didn't want to go anywhere that had plants. Then, he decided he would settle for a promise from us never to make him go to the center of the earth:)

Also, at church today, he was trying to figure out deep theological issues.

Me: "S, remember we need to be on our best behavior because we are at God's house."
S: "Okay, but I have a question. Where is Jesus' house?"
Me: "This is Jesus house too."
S: "But why do God and Jesus live at the same house?"
Me: "Because God is Jesus' Daddy, so Jesus lives with him just like you live with your Daddy."
S: "Do you think he'll ever get his own house, like me when I grow up?"

Also, to follow in the vein of A Legacy of Hope and her "Harrison's prayers" segment, I give you S's prayer this week.

We have been trying to get him to understand that God can help him with life's struggles - such as listening to Mom and Dad or not fighting with his sisters. So, when we were praying this week, I asked him if there was anything he wanted to ask God to help him with.

His response: "God please help me not to color outside the lines."

That's theological, right?:)

Cooper's Garden

You'll notice a new link under my blogs of importance for Cooper's garden. Cooper was a little boy in K's grade in school who was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer that is always fatal and lost his battle a little over 2 years ago. His family set up a foundation to support other families facing a similar diagnosis and provide a scholarship for a student of the arts at the University of West Georgia. Every once and a while K still brings up Cooper. I know how she feels to face the death of a playmate at such a young age, because a friend of mine when I was little died of a heart attack when he was 12, but it is hard to see kids have to face the reality of mortality so young. Cooper made a big impact on the world in a short time.

The end of a perfect record

Well, Sunday marked the end of an era. Up until Sunday we had not had to take any of our kids to the hospital for stitches. They had all remained stitch free.

Care to hazard a guess as to which of our crew broke the record?

That would be M. She was pushing her chair back from the table at Sunday school and the chair fell backwards which caused her to hit her head on the back edge of the chair behind her. She got 3 staples.

For those of you who have not had the surreal experience of watching a doctor staple your child's scalp, you're missing out, I tell ya' : ?

I'll spare you the pictures this time.

Meet Baby Sissy

My friend, A, over at A Legacy of Hope finally got her referral for a beautiful little girl from China. We cannot wait to meet her and my family and I are over the moon excited for our friends. Yay:)!!!!!!!!!!!