Christmas 2021 -- Realizations
This year was an unusual year for us. It was the first year we didn't have two of our children home for Christmas. It just happened to be our 2 biological children. We did however have our son in law and granddaughter here for her first Christmas. Christmas Eve I was singing as part of our worship team and looked down to see all 6 of our children whom came to us through adoption, my son in law and granddaughter. It hit me that this entire Christmas was happening because Randy and I gave our plans to God in our 20s....We trusted in something bigger then ourselves when things around us were falling apart. So many times in that journey we said yes to God's plan when it seemed, crazy, hopeless, fearful, amazing..... Without that walk. This Christmas would have looked a lot different. I know for a fact we would not know any of these wonderful people who now call us mom and dad, no grandbaby would be looking at her aunties and uncles with ...