Princess came home with an absolutely beautiful book that her entire class put together. Each child wrote a sentence and then drew a lovely picture.
Her classmates were thankful for God, baby brothers, moms, dads, family, baby Jesus.
And my little Princess? Well she was thankful for CHICKEN.
She doesn't even eat chicken. Nor is she ever around live chickens.
I had to laugh. Let's count all the things little Princess should be thankful for--complete healing, a wonderful therapist, occupational therapy that is really making a difference in her life, health, hearing. Oh the list goes on.
But my little Princess doesn't see those things. No she is just an ordinary kid, going about her ordinary life, and is blind to the extraordinary miracles that make up her life. She does not see herself as the child who almost didn't survive past the age of two, who waited way too long for open heart surgery, who was almost deaf, who didn't know how to eat or swallow until almost 3 years old, who suffered more trauma than anyone I know.
Nope her life is chickens.
I'm pretty happy she views herself like that.
She's happy.
And that makes this mama very thankful.
Hey...did you know that you can donate a flock of chickens to a village through Heiffer International?! It only costs $20. Our GS troop is going to do it. What a great gift that keeps on giving, right??? Maybe your little cutie would love the idea of sharing her love for chickens, Amy!!!!
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Blessings,
Sharon
That is so sweet!!! Thanks for visiting me Martha! I appreciate it!! :)
ReplyDeleteI found your blog while looking for an adoption blog hop, and I'm so glad I did! My son and his wife are anticipating bringing a little girl home from India, and we're all deep in the adoption process. Their adoption video is up on my blog right now with a link to theirs, too. I'm a boy mom, so I get that "crazy, rowdy two boy" thing -- except we had four! Great to "meet" you!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, thank you.
ReplyDeleteThank you for investing in children through childrens ministers by blogging about your experiences on One Thousand And One Tears, and sharing your learnings openly.
Please know how incredible this is. And be encouraged to keep going.
I hope and pray that even more childrens ministers will be inspired, find solutions to their struggles, will be encouraged not to stop serving, and be inspired to grow their gifts.
We recognize that these are incredible times to live in, where technology allows childrens ministers around the world to encourage each other. As for ourselves, we use technology to reach out to children globally as well.
We’re developing the world’s first videogame that takes kids through the Bible from beginning to end. Our hope is to increase the love for God’s Word amongst kids.
We dream to see fathers and sons going through the Bible together, having fun as they become part of David’s army, spend time in the fish as Jonah, and play level after level, leading up to Jesus’ death and resurrection.
In order to steward this immense project well, we’re building relationships with childrens ministers like you. You know the kids in your community. We like to ask your input by allowing you to look behind the scenes, have your kids/families play demo game levels before they go public, etc. You may also recommend a few people you think would be of interest.
Additionally, we can provide you with plenty of interesting “blog-food” (concept art, images, etc) if you feel that this could benefit your subscribers.
If you’d like more information, shoot me a quick reply to the email address below.
Ruben
connect (at) tornadotwins (dot) com
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