thankfulness

Hello, here is what's happening at our house. Leon is recovered after a long bout of sickness. The migraine's that I get are becoming more frequent but, relatively mild. The dinner table had me very frustrated this week. It seemed disorderly and loud. I felt disrespected. We put the ducklings in the chicken tractor with the chickens. The chickens attacked the ducks. Ducky Duck was killed and Taffy Lee barely survived. I plan to get another duckling to replace Ducky Duck as Taffy Lee seems lonely and ducks are so cute. The garden and yard are FULL of rocks.

All adoptions from Liberia are paused. Some people have thought that the adoption is waiting because we don't have the money yet. Our money situation actually has nothing to do with the wait. The wait affects everyone who is trying to adopt from Liberia. New policies are being written which may or may not affect those already in process, (like us). We don't actually owe any money until the adoption is finalized.

On a more positive note, our garden is growing well. We have radishes, sweet peas, different kinds of onions, flowers, salad greens, squashes, peppers, various varieties of tomatoes etc.

Nehemiah turns 1 year old June 5th.
The basement bathroom is getting closer to completion.
The men and young men are working on a 'log cabin' barn to practice skills and see what they can do. I'm excited about it. It will have a place for the goats and the chickens. It will even have a loft.
We still don't know what to do with the information that we learned about the babies in need in the hospitals. I remain in prayer about it.

My oldest son is 13 1/2 years old. He is confident and smiles at me every day. Yesterday he just threw his arms around me and held me in a big hug for a while. I knew not to end the hug until he did but, not to try to hold him longer either. Those spontaneous hugs don't happen as often these days.

I lay in bed under my down comforter and wonder how my life can be so beautiful. My baby lays warm and soft in my arms ,breathing on my face. He is perfect. I am 36 years old and look forward with a happy sigh to the hope of being blessed by another sweet, baby to love some day.