Today at church we were reading from Psalm 37. The following verses struck a chord with me and I will be meditating on them more and more in the days to come I'm sure.  
Psalm 37 Verses 7 and 8... 
Wait patiently for the LORD! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes! Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!

...was a gorgeous day.

 And we took full advantage!















Some other highlights of the day...

Braeden's poem inside his Mother's Day card...
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I may be a pain
But I love you
(Hilarious!)

Olivia at our Oliv*e Garden lunch ate: three breadsticks, a plate of salad, four pieces of pizza, a pile of garlic mashed potatoes, and a mini chocolate mousse.

And Liam, upon hearing us talk about the chocolate mousse said, "Dead? Real? You ate it?"  Obviously he needs a lesson in Mousse vs. Moose!

But I think the topper was the Mother's Day breakfast in bed which the kids have talked about doing for the past week or so.  They "took my order"... let's go with toast and clementines (no big disasters could happen there right!?)... and when I got my plate... gotta love the two pieces of toast made with the ENDS of the loaves of bread!  Thanks gang! LOL :)

We had a WONDERFUL Mother's Day and I hope you did too!

I know at least in adoption "world" yesterday was Birth Mother's Day. I haven't really caught on with that and usually use today to really acknowledge these important women in our lives. Three women, two of whom I don't know and have never even met, but yet who each were the reason for my three blessings.

Couldn't imagine my life any different than it is, but yet I know that if we lived in a perfect world, there would be no adoption but that of God adopting us into His family. People wouldn't be addicted beyond the capability to care for their children, people wouldn't be so poor that they can barely feed themselves, let alone a newborn child, children wouldn't die from treatable and preventable causes like drinking dirty water, and people of the world would view one another as family and help and take care of those in sickness and/or need. But it is what it is for now.

And so for today I celebrate the three reasons I'm able to be called "mom, mama, mommy, etc".


(Gotta love 'em, they made me breakfast in bed and used the ENDS of the bread for my toast. I guess cooking lessons are due! :) )