My Life

I have been challenged to turn my prayer time for the next few weeks to thanksgiving and not request sessions. And so I started to list what I am thankful for and this week am so thankful for my family. I thank God for Alex, Samara, Jaden and Nate. Yes through each one of them I have learned to love and be loved. I have learned more about God through each one of them. How timely could these pictures be? Samara loves the camera,we saw her come alive and pose and pose and pose, it was amazing to watch her.Nate was apiece of work, to keep him still, he loved the entertaining and so glad we captured some of his cute faces.  I received these photos this afternoon and I look at them and my heart bursts into song and thankfulness. I love you Lord for blessing me with these amazing people.They are priceless. Love you guys so so much this day.

Children grow to fast. I remember after Samara’s open heart surgery, my greatest concern was the scar.I asked and read whether it would ever go away as baby grows etc and I sincerely hoped that it would disappear completely. The big question came on Friday evening as she ate dinner while I fed Nate. "Mummy, will this line go away?". I must admit I was taken aback but I told her to finish her food then we could talk. As we showered Nate, I explained to her that the scar won’t go away because it reminds us of how God loves her .I told her when she was young, we went to India in a plane  to a hospital and that’s how the scar came about as the doctor treated her. After that, she gave me her own theory that, it’s a boy in her former school who rolled something on their chests (I had heard that theory from her aunt as she had told her cousins when she was much younger) but I explained that’s not true. Well for now, she was content and she didn't dig deeper and I pray t...