Again it has almost been another year since I posted. We did indeed adopt. We have been blessed with beautiful girls all three sisters. They have brought tons of fun and excitement but as with any children, they came with trails.

I thought the years of working with our original special needs kids would give us the experience we needed to parent these wonderful additions. I was quite niave. The amount of abuse that these little people have endured makes you question all humanity. How can a human treat another the way our girls were treated? You see it on the news but it is just really so abstract. Nothing you can relate to.

I felt so disheartened about how I could help them recover. This is a recovery process. I am so grateful for the Lord to help inspire us to do things or say things that are helpful but not at all my normal instinct.

This is the next big journey for our family. To help the girls heal, to help them learn to trust and allow themselves to be loved. That sounds pretty easy but when you realize love means pain and "mom" means hurt. It seemed such a daunting task. It is a family affair. Our oldest now 16 gave me a quote the other day, "If we call a situation or a person hopeless, we are shutting the door in the face of God." Nothing is hopeless and miracles happen everyday.

May our beloved girls be granted the miracle of healing.