In the Old testament days. after God has showed up big and performed a miracle or 5, the Israelites would build an altar so they would remember His faithfulness and provision. In many ways, this blog, and in particular, this post, are severing as my altar to the greatness of our God and what He has done in our family.
Two summers ago, we lived minute to minute waiting for the next crash and burn to happen as we adjusted to our newest child being in the family and all that entailed with it on a daily basis. Camp was out of the question - behavior was too unpredictable. Beach days were hit or miss - and mostly miss with a retreat back to the parking lot sometimes within the hour we arrived.
But God worked a miracle in our family - and our end of summer now looks normal.
Gymnastics Camp
Playing in the rain
Rainbow Express for Katie
Complete with more……….
JANA!!!!!
Lots of dress up
And a brach outing that leased several hours with no meltdown and the awesome Aunt Roni!
Art camp for Cami - with her right hand that is healing excellently (more on that in my next post!)
God has brought us do far in 24 months. We aren't at the finish line yet - I am not sure for kids who have suffered so much loss and trauma at the beginning of their lives there is ever a "true" finish line this side of heaven.
But we are better now than we were then. And this post is a reminder that God's faithfulness never, ever left us.
I am so impressed with Cami's artistic ability. That kind of talent is a blessing.
ReplyDeleteSo happy you have had fun times at the beach.
Bless you all as we head into fall.
mm,vancouver,wa.
wow at Cami's artwork! She is definitely artistically blessed :)
ReplyDeleteI love this post! It's so true, we don't know if full healing can take place this side of heaven, but seeing progress is certainly wonderful. And, yes, a full beach outing without a single meltdown is definitely a huge milestone!
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