Giving Thanks and Putting Trust in the Lord
Want to hear (or read about) one of the cutest things ever? Justin and I got to visit with our families in Colorado over Memorial Day weekend, it was awesome! All of my siblings are pretty smart and ask lots of questions. With adoption being a big part of our family, adoption and biological family questions come up fairly often. This might seem surprising because my siblings who are adopted are only 6, 5, and 4 years old. However, they are curious creatures (just like the rest of the human race) and have asked questions about their birth families here and there. My family will often refer to these birth family members as "Mama ______" or "Daddy _______" and fill in the blank with the appropriate names. In a conversation where "Mama so-and-so" came up, my sweet 6-year old sister looked at my mom and said, "She's not my mama, you're my mom." This conversation was taking place in the middle of the regular hustle and bustle, some were clean...