Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Happy Birthday, Mommy!


    She is woman from whom grace and mercy flow out of because she has been filled to brim with them. She washes, feeds, and teaches all her children whether or not they are still at home. Her left arm is stronger than her right arm from years of holding babies and toddlers. She rarely ever paints her nails because it never stays on long in the dishwater. Seeing her read her Bible in the morning, getting her strength from her Heavenly Father, is a picture of peace. She has a laughter that starts at her toes, revs up in her soul and then bursts through her lips. She is a mother figure to all who love her. She is Deboo to some, Deborah to her friends, Momma Debbie to many, and Mommy to me. She walks me to my car as I head out for school and asks how she can pray for me that day. Just like the woman is Proverbs 31, my daddy praises my mommy. She is woman who “acts justly, loves mercy, and walks humbly with her God.” Micah 6:8 With a clean sink at 6:30 in the evening, she shows my daddy, in just a small way, how much she loves him. That is where he likes to wash his hands when he comes in from work so she has it prepared for him. My mother is a beautiful woman. She is a woman who serves people with her soul. She is woman that is mothering orphans. But because of her love and obedience to her heavenly Father, they are no longer orphans. 

I am blessed in a colossal amount to have this woman as my mommy! 
Thank you, Lord, for bringing her into the world on this day! Thank you for making her my mommy!

I love you, Mommy! I hope you have had a wonderful birthday! 

Thursday, November 15, 2012

She Is My Sister

    She has hands that know the meaning of work, care and love. Her perfectly shaped and Austrian chocolate colored eyes seem to smile before her lips turn, but they have seen so much and pierced through the heart of her new family. Her plump lips aren't often in a smile. My Daddy had to teach her how to pick on him. She didn't like it at first but then it made her smile to poke him. She has waited on a forever family for four years.

    When anyone else would have lost hope, she held on.
When anyone else would have wondered if they were ever going to get to go home, she had patience.
     
         After seeing child after child and baby after baby go home with their mommies, she had faith.
After holding on, embodying patience and never loosing faith...

God has decided, in wonderful mercy, to give her to this crazy, Southern family that can't wait for her homecoming!

 Marigrace and Jim at a cookout hosted by their wonderful church!
 Grandmother and Uncle Keith this spring
 Noel and me at Christmas 2011
 Hope with her spaghetti bread at Christmas
 JubiLee teaching a friend/sister a piano song
 Jesse, Will and JubiLee blowing balloons at Easter
 Hope, Whitney-Faith and Marigrace "teaching" our friend, Jessie, to group waltz.
 Marigrace coming home from New York!
             
            And two of the craziest people in the world: My parents! 
I thank God for the tenacity in the faith, their boldness in obedience and their love for life inside God's will.