Where have we been?
Happy New Year to everyone! We have been very busy. Prior to Christmas, God laid it on my heart to take custody of a little one to help a friend of the family out after spending a lot of time with her over the Thanksgiving Holidays. My heart was heavy one day after we returned from the holidays and I could not fight the emotions and calling. My husband agreed that we should take her and the rest was history.
It was really on my heart a year ago to let her come live with us temporarily, however we were kind of busy with the adoption paperwork. It seems like she had slipped further behind in terms of where she needed to be as a preschooler due to multiple siblings younger than her in her household and other circumstances.
One week before Christmas her mother agreed that she could not provide her with the time and attention that she requires right now in addition to some other things after I told her that we would take her for a while to get her on track and prepared for kindergarten.
I could not stand seeing this innocent preschooler suffer at the hands of someone else due to their poor decisions. My family has known the mother of this child since she was a baby herself and tried to help rear her in the right direction. She granted us temporary guardianship and I had everything taken care of in my state in three days total prior to the holidays.
This was all truly ordained by God because there was no way that I could have done all that I did in that short of time to have her prepared to return with us at Christmas. I was able to secure a preschool spot for her at a preschool that has over a years waiting list within those 3 days and everything else was taken care of.
While it did not seem like the perfect time since we have a lot of things going on in our household and we were also waiting for a placement, it was Gods timing and his timing is always perfect. We had plenty of room in our household and it was an easy transition and she wasn't an infant. Of course we had to do tons of shopping for clothing to prepare her beginning preschool when she returned with us, however I I handled most of it the week before Christmas. She has her own room and she loves it.
I never knew that having a preschooler in our household would be so much fun. She's independent, she desires to learn more and more every day, and loves her new school. This little girl already enjoys shopping with her "auntie" and my hubby swears that I am creating a monster or "mini me"! However, she adores him and he loves this little girl as well. So, you will be seeing this little person in pictures because she is apart of our household now. She is always smiling and she loves to hug! The best part of my long day is picking this sugar baby up from preschool and she runs to me and gives me the biggest hug and kiss ever! Oh, it melts my heart.
It truly takes a village to raise a child and we must do our parts when we are called to help others in need to save the children because they are our future. We have to look past our own current circumstances sometimes in order to help others. This little girl is our extra and unexpected gift from God!
Monday evening at ChuckEcheese (at a birthday party!)
