Tuesday, February 26, 2008
A Big Sister's Longing
I'm at a complete loss as to what to say to Ciara these days. We've done our best to explain to Ciara that God has a plan for our family and that He will bring everything about in His timing. But she is having such a hard time. All week she has been practicing how she holds her baby dolls and making sure that she is holding them the way she should hold baby brother. She has asked daily since we got our referral about when he will be coming home, but this morning, I saw a glimpse into her little heart that has totally broken mine. I was buckling her up to take her to preschool this morning. Big tears welled up in her eyes and she asked me, "Mommy, when is it going to be time for baby brother to come home?" I didn't realize until this morning just how full of love her heart already is for Isaac and how much she wants him to be home. She talks about things that she wants to teach him or do with him everyday and is very excited, but I had no idea how much she is longing for him. Please lift her up today in your prayers and ask that God would minister to her little heart and help comfort her. Please also pray that He would give us wisdom in how to explain things to her and support her while she waits for her "Cutie Pie" to be in her arms too.
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Yes, we need to be praying for our children!!! Thanks for the reminder. I honestly have not been doing that. Just in the past couple weeks our youngest has been asking many times if we have ANY news. They must be prayed for and God faithfully answers.
Take care,
Sharon
Your story sounds just like my oldest boy. He also is patiently/impatiently waiting for his sister to come home. It's a great feeling to know how much they love that little person, just as much as we do, by just having pictures. But at the same time, it completely breaks your heart at the same time. We be sure to pray for her to stay safe every night during our bedtime prayers. It helps him feel a bit better knowing Jesus will kep her safe.
Hopefully we'll be praying for our children when they are all home VERY SOON!!!
Oh I so know what you mean. My sweet daughter is getting more and more upset by this wait. If I don't understand it, how can she? We do need to be lifting our children up in prayer. I'm been talking with Leah a lot about it... and that seems to help. Like "what are we going to do with the baby in this situation?" conversations that we have every day. Maybe giving Ciara her own photo album with all the pictures you have of the baby so far. That's worked well for us, too. Walgreens can have those things printed in no time :). And she could pick out her own album. Hope some of those thoughts help. Come on court dates!!!
becca :)
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