Happy Thanksgiving! Day 18 fish Oil study

 

Selah with daddy!!

 

Mommy with Selah.  There are her animals that we heat in the microwave to bring heat to her knees

 

 

Well last Thanksgiving we had just committed to Sarah.  I had cooked a big dinner (with the help of Publix) and we had some family & our closest friends over to eat.  All we talked about was the adoption and Ukraine.....I certainly had no idea what the next year would bring.  We were giddy about Sarah but awfully worried about her too as we had learned alot of her situation and condition prior to Thanksgiving.  I remember crying, wondering if she was hungry....

 

Fast forward a year.....what a year it has been for our family.  We have seen the faithfulness of God as we have walked through unknown territory.  But God has been faithful!

 

I only remember a few Thanksgivings that have stood out to me...I can not really remember one specific one growing up.  I do  remember one Thanksgiving where Jon & I were staying in a mission's house in Honea Path SC doing fund raising for Brooklyn Teen Challenge and we ate frozen mini chicken tacos....we were young, newly married and quite happy:)  I remember Steve's first Thanksgiving in New York City and the one after that having just lost the twins.  The last two Thanksgivings stand out to me because I did what I wanted and cooked by myself and had folks over.  THIS one will probably be one I never forget! 

 

I've learned Thankfulness in a whole new way this past year....I've learned to give thanks "in any circumstance" whether I was in another  country or whether I was in a hospital room.   I've learned that tragedy doesn't change who God is, I've learned that our family is the most important thing I could ever have.   God has taught me to be content, not just with what I have but in my circumstances. 

 

We had brunch this morning (thank you couponsaremycash.com )  And a church is bringing in a dinner tonight.  Right now Jon & I are up at the hospital.  Our friends Diego & Sandi came by and now Selah and Jon are both asleep LOL  The kids are over at the RMH....  This is not the way I had planned on spending Thanksgiving.  I'm not a huge holiday person....I'll tell you a secret, we haven't had a Christmas tree in YEARS because we were afraid Sam would pull it down on his head.   BUT this year I had planned on a BIG celebration for Thanksgiving and Christmas.  We were even going to do a tree (at the church) for our family.  I was going to get all the ornaments out and everything....    So now I'm thinking that isn't going to happen....but that is ok!   We don't even know where we will celebrate it...but just like today, it may look different than the one I had wanted but that's ok:)  We have each other...

 

While it's been hard, it's been sweet....God's presence has gone before us, He has been our Shield, He has been the lifter of our heads. 

 

Honestly I do not understand HOW anyone can get through life without God, without that hope of eternity.....

 

So this Thanksgiving, sitting by my daughter's hospital bed, not knowing what the future holds, but knowing "it's ok" , I'm thankful.