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Monday, December 8, 2008

Christmas

Craig and I keep dreaming of the day that our kids will jump on our bed to wake us up for Christmas. We hope this will be our last Christmas alone. Not to disappoint anyone, but we will not be mailing out a Christmas card this year. So no uncle Eddie, no Ivory-billed Woodpecker, no over-sized Cedar... We will make up for it next year. We are just cutting back in many ways. I heard a great quote last week, "If you want to hear God laugh, just tell him your plans." I used to be so disappointed when things wouldn't happen the way I wanted them to, but now I believe that there are better things in store for us.

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An Example of an Ethiopian Adoption

Map of Ethiopia

Map of Ethiopia

Arundhati Roy

Not only is a new world possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day I can hear her breathing.

Gratitude


Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.

It turns what we have into enough,

and more.

It turns denial into acceptance,

chaos into order,

confusion into clarity....

It turns problems into gifts,

failures into success,

the unexpected into perfect timing,

and mistakes into important events.

Gratitude makes sense of our past,

brings peace for today

and creates a vision for tomorrow.