I had the best time with the children of Charity last night. I wish I would have remembered my camera. They were so well behaved and asked really thoughtful questions. Those children are thinkers!
We talked about how God's plan is the best plan and how families are made a variety of ways. The younger kids were especially kind as I got to the end of my presentation and started to cry. I'm not much of a public crier, but there's just something that gets me in talking about our adoption.
I was holding up a prayer card I made for each of them to take home and was trying to ask them to pray for us, but mostly to pray for my daughter. I just couldn't....spit...it...out. After frantically looking to Lauri to help me finish my sentence and seeing that she was no better off than I was, I ended up doing a series of awkward motions and getting out about every fourth word of my sentence.
...you (motioned to them)...pray...I (motioned to me)....you (motioned to them) ...big hug (circle with my arms in front of me).
You should have seen their huge eyes and silent mouths. It wasn't the kind of look you give to someone when you're sympathetic to what they're saying or you feel bad for them. It was totally a look of, "what's wrong with this lady?!?"
Oh how I love them.
Nothing wrong with you....it brings lots of people to tears to think of what you guys are doing. It's huge. :)
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