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Family Key Values:

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Loyalty

Leadership




Thursday, July 7, 2011

Life and Loss

Its been a week for the record book. Up and down emotions....Most of all we reflect on the blessings God has given us and I am so grateful. Beyond belief.

How do we make sure circumstances don't define us? Wake up and choose to be in control over it. Choose to have faith. Pray for peace and comfort. Know that the plan is way bigger than we see.

There aren't any lessons learned here. Just loss. Emptiness. Only can be filled with the focus of all positive blessings in our lives. Helping others. Blessing others. Redirecting the grief and using it constructively to make a difference. Waking up every morning to a new day with a toddler who's very existence is completely miraculous. The love we feel for him is incomparable. unconditional. irreplaceable.

Prayer for full peace and recovery and the gratitude of what the creation of life meant to us. Possibilities and incredible life fulfillment are in our future. What does our commitment to God cost us? Sometimes having faith in the Will of God is so difficult to reconcile with our emotions and our fleshly desires. He never said it would be easy but he will bear our burden if we confide in him. Matthew 5:4. Having faith in Him and his Will means we never have to be alone.

catching u up on your developments

Favorite things are airplane, motorcycle, trucks, tractors. Although motorcycle is not clear we know what you are saying because you freak out when you see it. Mommy plays a mean joke and if you are starting to fall asleep in the car and I don't want you to, I say I see a motorcyle and you jerk awake. Such a mean trick, but its funny to us.

other new words: pool, ni ni (night night), ou si (outside), bub bles. Mommy and daddy are faces instead of words.

You have been able to put your whole alphabet puzzle together.

Celebrated 4th of July, and you like to say "boom".

You are fascinated with your nostrils and mommy's.

You play ring around the rosie.

And you love to swim!







You are keeping us so busy, but we love every minute of it. You give us something new to look forward to everyday.