Somehow I did manage to get Christmas cards out this year. Actually, I know how that got done - I had to work the day before and Thanksgiving days and had no patients either day. 16 hours where I watched several movies, read two books on the Kin.dle, and wrote and addressed my Christmas cards. But that's totally not the point of this post. Moving on.
I sent the cards out in a couple of batches because even though the cards were done, that doesn't mean we had any stamps in my house. And when I ask my husband to come home with 2 or 3 books of stamps, he usually comes home with one. I'm pretty sure that even if I asked him to come home with 83 books of stamps, he'd still come home with one. And, moving on. Again.
I sent one, among the others, to each of the boys' birth families. And the week before Christmas we got one back from the kid's birth family. This was a surprise, and a wonderful one. We haven't heard them in quite a while.
The kid apparently wasn't in the room when hubby and I opened it, smiling, and looked at their kid's pictures they sent along. My oh my, the three of them (the kid, and his 2 birth siblings) look so much alike!
So he wandered into the kitchen a few minutes later and picked up the card. He said, "this looks a lot like my birth brother, and this one like my birth sister". I said, "well, it is them".
He held the pictures for probably 30seconds, just staring at them, with a gentle smile on his face. "Wow, momma. I love my birth sister. She is really pretty and a fun girl. And I sure love my birth brother. He has a really special heart".
So do you, my sweet boy. So do you.
Today's Lesson: Children's hearts know how to love.
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It always amazes me how unconditionally my children love me and I love them. I know that with time we will become frustrated with each other and it will feel like that love has conditions, but it really won't.
My goodness. What a sweet boy.
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