Steve is finished with all his schoolwork and is waiting for the last few books of his senior year...so....I kept him busy today LOL. A guy from our church really did the lawns beautifully on Monday so Steve is doing all the little things that he never has time for. My swing area got new mulch and my garden is getting mulched too. It's not cool YET but there is the tiniest hint in the air (which for Florida it means that it's less than 90 degrees after the sun sets LOL) We are going to move all the playground stuff up in front of our house tomorrow. In the summer we keep it more in the back where it is really shady but we are cleaning and moving it to its' winter area. So glad we'll be home this year! Also I'm getting ready to do a winter garden. That is one reason Steve is working on the garden for me. To have this small feel of "fall" in the air is exciting for us Floridians:) We do have lovely winters, I love having the kids outside more, less bugs, perfect temps..... Florida is fantastic in the winter! I think Florida is great in the summer too but it is hot and humid here....really hot and humid!
This is a huge wasp's nest between our shed and fellowship hall. When our friend was weed whacking yesterday, he got stung. He told me it was big but when we went back to spray it, we both freaked out! It had hundreds of wasps on it. I didn't measure it but it is probably much larger than a dinner plate and thick. After the wasps are all gone and we can get up in there, I'll get it out. Jon used a big can of spray to kill them and still there are some more that he has to kill tonight. I'm not one to like to kill things but wasps are mean and I'm allergic to them! We saw some wasps out today so I'm hoping we get them all tonight. I bought TWO big cans for tonight!!!!!
So a quiet hard working day today....got lots of work done, need to do lots more:) It never ends......
Please pray for a young couple who reached out to Jon and me when Selah was in the hospital in NY. Their young baby girl was in the PICU also. They were just wonderful and attentive parents. Early this morning their daughter Stella passed away. They are believers and were prepared as they knew she had an incurable genetic condition...but who can ever really be prepared for a loss like that of your only child.. Please keep them in prayer...my heart aches for them. That little girl was their world and I can not imagine how they will feel in the days and months to come....
Please keep Selah in your prayers also....
If you have seen any of the news reports about "rehoming" or "adoption disruption" I will probably address it on here tomorrow. Personally I'm glad there is a spot light on it, I don't think it is a huge problem in the adoption world...but even if it is a small problem, it needs to be addressed and something put in place to prevent it! The most important thing is children need protection!
I was disgusted by the the article on "rehoming" and wonder what kind of person would think they could just drop a child off after all they had to go through just to adopt their child! I also wonder about families disrupting when only 5 days home. However, I do know several adoption from disruption cases that did not use an adoption agency, but did use lawyers and it has turned out well. Although agencies cost more they should be seen as support for families. We had home visits for two years after bringing each of our children home and so glad we used an agency when we did not need to for our kids country. The support of our social worker who had our same fatih was so needed!
ReplyDeleteHorrifying....I can understand how a family might adopt a child and not know how severe the problems are--and in rare cases it is too much for a family to deal with. But to just go and drop off a child like that...sick.
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