I drove into town last night to a quiet house, all my kiddos at church. I wish I could truly share the joy of being with my friends! There were 18 ladies in all, between the 18 of us we have 225 children, of those 126 are adopted, of those about half with fetal alcohol syndrome... very telling of what this group deals with. But in this group was so much JOY! So much laughter! So many funny comments about parenting and kids, all much needed reminders that I am not alone in my crazy life...others share that craziness too!
We stayed in this neat house outside of Hollister Mo (Branson):
I met so many friends from my yahoo group...I have been on this group since Sept of 2002! A long long time:)
Carri took awesome pictures!! I hope to post her group picture later!
We mostly sat around and shared and shared and shared!! We are so all uniquely individual, yet joined by so much common ground!
Renewed, Refreshed, Revived and Recharged:) A wonderful Retreat!!!
Oh what fun!
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I have thought about you often as we just brought home child number 13.
Your life reminds me that there are other crazy families out there.
Blessings and love,
Summer
Summer,
ReplyDeleteI would love to hear about lucky 13!! (That's what we call Seth who was our thirteen child and the thirteenth brother)
There truly are a bunch of us crazy families!!
Blessings Friend!
Amanda
You can read a little bit about Eden's story on our ministry blog,
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Glad it was so refreshing!
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