Happy Halloween!

Everyone! Hope you and yours had a good one.

October...

...is almost gone, and I have been quiet.

This month brought more changes, but they say change is good - yet the impact can be hard. Thing is, I do believe things happen for a reason, and there are still things from August whirling about to be done.

But I will, somehow, find the courage, to go on, to say what I have to say, and to more than one person.

“Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.”

10-10-10:

...a date that only happens once in a lifetime -- less of a chance than Haley's Comet even! lol! A date that happen once, in a thousand years! Like someone else wrote its a date we only get to say once so I thought I'd say it here. Hope it was a good one for you all!

Featured Blog: Bring the Rain

You might all have seen the "I Am a Sunday" button in the right side bar of this blog. That button is a direct link to a beautiful site called, "Bring the Rain."

I have decided to start featuring my favorite blogs I read with a post from time to time to share with you. This one is the first, and this blog in particular Bring the Rain, by Angie Smith - has touched my heart and helped me in so many ways, when happy, or when sad. Join us Sundays and Angie today at Bring the Rain as she blogs her beautiful life with her daughters and husband, her faith and her amazingly beautiful and inspirational story of one precious baby girl - Audrey Caroline.

Proverbs 3:27

"Do not withhold any good thing from those who deserve it when it is in your power to help them."

From the Ground Up:

A blog friend of mine recently went to EE and brought home an older boy whom had been on my heart for years. It was amazing to see their journey and I found myself wishing to adopt an older child as well. Sure, it may be a struggle, there will be adjustments, but is the same when new people of any age comes into your life, and not just kids. What a blessing for sure. My blogging friend has now started advocating for the older orphans of E.E. on a new blog: EE's Orhans.

Bringing home an older child is different yes. They are who they are, bringing with them memories in tact that adoptive parents treasure for younger children whom cannot remember for themselves and whole heartily pass on to help them achieve a sense of identity.

Older children have their own memories and an already developing sense of identity. And while some of those memories might not be good ones, I would think surely they cannot all be bad ones either. After all who does not have some bad memories? Who hasn't been hurt? What about the fun memories or the favorite food to share?

That is what you are for.

When God made us, he broke the mold for each of us. Everyone is different. But everyone needs love and understanding.

There is an amazing feeling you get when you watch an older child learn they are loved, there is an amazing kind of wonder mixed with amusement, amazement and endearment in perhaps the mixture of naive-itivity and innocent wisdom that we have adults have sometimes lost that older kids put back in your lives. Yes, there is frustration too, but there is strength. There will be hard times yes, but there is love. There might be questions, but God always answers. Always.

These are his children too.

Some people say, you change them. But they change you too. You might wonder why you didn't do this before with an older child. You might want to do it again. All of this I found myself wishing for while I followed the adoption of a very special boy. Please visit EE's Orphans today and watch them work their way from the ground up.

Alyssa and Marek

Alyssa and Marek's mommy and daddy also need help. They are short a bit of money to finish up the 'red tape' to bring the kids home. Contact them or catch up with their journey here. Have a good day everyone.

Do You Remember Lera?

...the sweet little girl whom had a few different families try to adopt her? Click on the label 'Lera' below for just a bit of her story. I just saw this post on Lera's blog. We just saw a miracle happen. Why stop there? Lets try and make another? Pray for Lera everyone and her family.