...slept in a tent in a tent
...made 200 snickerdoodles with no cream of tartar
...eaten mango cobbler
...loving having my laundry done for me! Can't bring myself to ask someone to pick up after my messy kids...
...realized that I really will eat beans and rice for lunch everyday for the next year
...carried my monkey daughter everywhere...she loves to be carried and snuggled
...put Cortizone cream on Jacob everyday
...accidentally put my toothbrush in the wrong water (from the tap instead of the water bottle) and accidentally put the toilet paper in the toilet instead of the trash can!
...already forgotten to look up at the mountains everyday
...put my small and dwindling chocolate stash in a secure, cool place
...been reading Isaiah and a devotion by Beth Moore
...learning lots of Creole... Mwen remen ou (I love you) N'ap vini (I'll be right back) Ou rete la (Stay there) Ou grangou? Are you hungry?
...humbly asked for lots of help in doing Haitian hair
...been blessed to have Fedlaine tell me she loves me... in English!
...had lots of opportunities to hug my kids when they are missing home or overwhelmed, and to be proud of them when they smile graciously even when they don't feel like it
...watched my kids take on new adventures bravely... riding in the back of the pickup, trying mango cobbler (except Jacob, who gagged), praying aloud in front of 60 strangers, being surrounded by Haitian kids who all want to touch you and talk to you at the same time
...been falling in to bed earlier than I ever have.
...been trying to be brave enough to really SEE the people who live in such poverty - did you know that during church services Haitian moms usually scope out which Americans have water bottles and then plop their babies/small children on those people's laps?
...missing you all, but very at peace with where I am
...made 200 snickerdoodles with no cream of tartar
...eaten mango cobbler
...loving having my laundry done for me! Can't bring myself to ask someone to pick up after my messy kids...
...realized that I really will eat beans and rice for lunch everyday for the next year
...carried my monkey daughter everywhere...she loves to be carried and snuggled
...put Cortizone cream on Jacob everyday
...accidentally put my toothbrush in the wrong water (from the tap instead of the water bottle) and accidentally put the toilet paper in the toilet instead of the trash can!
...already forgotten to look up at the mountains everyday
...put my small and dwindling chocolate stash in a secure, cool place
...been reading Isaiah and a devotion by Beth Moore
...learning lots of Creole... Mwen remen ou (I love you) N'ap vini (I'll be right back) Ou rete la (Stay there) Ou grangou? Are you hungry?
...humbly asked for lots of help in doing Haitian hair
...been blessed to have Fedlaine tell me she loves me... in English!
...had lots of opportunities to hug my kids when they are missing home or overwhelmed, and to be proud of them when they smile graciously even when they don't feel like it
...watched my kids take on new adventures bravely... riding in the back of the pickup, trying mango cobbler (except Jacob, who gagged), praying aloud in front of 60 strangers, being surrounded by Haitian kids who all want to touch you and talk to you at the same time
...been falling in to bed earlier than I ever have.
...been trying to be brave enough to really SEE the people who live in such poverty - did you know that during church services Haitian moms usually scope out which Americans have water bottles and then plop their babies/small children on those people's laps?
...missing you all, but very at peace with where I am