Life, Love & Miracles (part 3)

Our relationship really moved to a whole new level when Amber moved in with us after graduating from high school.  Autumn moved in a little over a year ago. Another memorable event was when I drove Amber down to college for her first year.  It’s funny, I remember telling Melissa she was going to do it the next time because it was too hard for me to dump my kid 1100 miles away and leave. This coming year though we look forward to celebrating graduations for both of them. While I throw that out as a simple one line sentence, don’t lose the magnitude of those two events.

So how do you inject two girls into your lives and do it well?  I have no idea. I don’t think you can.
We didn’t plan on it but God certainly moved us along a path.  That’s the miracle part.  We are not that good and we are not that special. I am constantly reminded of how little I know and how much I do not control.  One thing I know is that our bond is strong and our well of love is deep.  Sounds mushy but it’s God given and God sustained.

It has been an incredible journey with them and in many ways we have only just begun.  I would not change the journey for anything. I cannot believe I get to be part of their lives! I often wonder why God picked us for this whole thing.  We often feel rather inadequate and unequipped but we don’t question the fact that our hearts are knit together

Most of all, today I am proud to call them family, specifically daughters.  I told them both recently, it is a short list.  There are only five names on the kid list and they are on it.  They are on the list.  You don’t just get on that list and you don’t just get off it.  That list is controlled by God and because he is full of love, mercy and grace, he put us all together.  And I am forever grateful.

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