Thursday, August 20, 2015
A Week of Firsts
10:34 PM
For many this has been a week of firsts...
First days of school...
First time dropping a child off at college, or kindergarten...
First time riding a bus...
First time having their MOM as a teacher...
First time with a classroom of new students...
First time having no children at home, or no children in local school districts...
Or the first time not getting a classroom ready for a gaggle of students...
We've had our fair share as well.
First days of school...
First time dropping a child off at college, or kindergarten...
First time riding a bus...
First time having their MOM as a teacher...
First time with a classroom of new students...
First time having no children at home, or no children in local school districts...
Or the first time not getting a classroom ready for a gaggle of students...
We've had our fair share as well.
It was Olivia's first day of high school as a Freshman:
Braeden's first day as a sixth grader at a new middle school
(which has been a bit rough -
please say a prayer for him and for his mama's heart):
Liam's first day at a new school as a third grader
in his MOM's class:
(His first piece of work in said class:)
(Maybe his first attempt at brown nosing???)
Macy's first time deciding she's not thrilled with school after all
and maybe staying home with mom would be better:
And the first time I was messaged from her teacher
with such a great picture reminder that she's going to be ok after all:
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I am a single mom to four amazing kids; each of whom just happen to have been adopted. The first three were adopted through foster care, and we just completed an international adoption from Haiti. Our family has grown through adoption and I am all the more blessed to know each of my children. I worship a mighty God, teach Special Ed, love bargains, and am inspired by Pinterest... come along with us for the ride!
Olivia - 14
Braeden - 11
Liam - 9
Macy - 5
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• 147 million orphans in the world
• 50 million orphans in Africa
• Every 14 seconds a child is orphaned by AIDS
• 16,000,000 have been orphaned by AIDS
• Every week, AIDS claims as many lives as American fatalities in the Vietnam War
• 854 million people do not have enough to eat
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Little did I know that the road would be so rocky
Little did I know that the trip would take so long
Little did I know that my heart could hurt so much
Little did I know that God is never wrong
Little did I know that love could be so powerful
Little did I know that a dream so far could go
Little did I know that God would place the right ones
Little did I know that my heart, so large, could grow
Little did I know that a dream has it’s own timing
Little did I know that this day would finally come
Little did I know that four souls would be sent to guide me
Little did I know that they would choose to call me mom
But God knew all along and He had a plan to follow
God knew all along that my dream would soon come true
God knew all along that we five should be together
God knew all along that I’d share it all with you
Little did I know that the road would be so rocky
Little did I know that the trip would take so long
Little did I know that my heart could hurt so much
Little did I know that God is never wrong
Little did I know that love could be so powerful
Little did I know that a dream so far could go
Little did I know that God would place the right ones
Little did I know that my heart, so large, could grow
Little did I know that a dream has it’s own timing
Little did I know that this day would finally come
Little did I know that four souls would be sent to guide me
Little did I know that they would choose to call me mom
But God knew all along and He had a plan to follow
God knew all along that my dream would soon come true
God knew all along that we five should be together
God knew all along that I’d share it all with you
1 comments:
A lot of fun firsts! We had two first days as a freshman. I posted about that on my blog. I deep down knew the charter school was not going to be good for Jasmine's needs, but she wanted to try.