5/13/12 I really enjoyed today! This morning started out with receiving an email from Blake, from Scotland. So nice to hear from him while on his mission trip there. He said he is really enjoying himself - and that the people there are so nice & are very receptive to learning about God and the freedom in Christ. In fact, he also mentioned that he would love to move there! He said the people and culture is so awesome and the church there (called Destiny) is very much like his church in Greensboro (called Daystar). He went to a traditional Scottish dance party, phonetically pronounced (A-Keel-Ee) and said it was very interesting, with some guys wearing kilts, traditional music, and you have to pick a girl to dance with each time. He said it was tons of fun. I can't wait to hear more about his trip when he gets back. Then, we went to church. Mike had to work, but I went with all the kids & Brianna and Brandon came. I won the gift for the "mom with the most kids"! First Pastor Bo awarded the gift to the oldest mother there. Then, when he said the other gift will go to the mom with the most kids... every person there at deaf church turned around and looked at us! That was fun :) We then went to lunch and had a blast. Mike got off work pretty early and met us at the restaurant. Brianna & Brandon gave me a BIG picture frame collage. It has 18 picture openings! This is a great gift and I will sure fill it up :) Here are a few pictures from today, at church and then at the restaurant. In closing this post, I'd like to share my heartfelt thoughts on all the amazing moms in my life. To my own beautiful & sweet mom... I didn't get to see you today but will be seeing you soon. You're always on my heart and I appreciate you so much. You're an angel who always has a big smile for everyone :) I want to be just like you! To my mother-in-law (Jocelyn).. you are a loving and strong lady, with a heart of gold. You are so devoted to your family, with abundant energy and enthusiasm for life. Thank you for being a beautiful mother in my life. To my grandma Josephine and my grandma-in-law Frances... I can imagine you both looking down from heaven today and smiling on the families and the legacies that you both still have here on earth. I miss you both but know that someday we will celebrate all our days together again. To the birth mothers of my 6 adopted children... I think about you on this day and honor you. Sometimes I wish you could see how beautiful your children are and hear their laughter. I'm so thankful that I have been given that privilege and wish you could know that I cherish every one of these children with every cell I have. These 6 kiddos are such beautiful people, inside and out, which tells me that you must be too! Happy Mother's Day.
