HERE IS THE HOME MADE WATER BOTTLE JOJO AND ANNA MADE YESTERDAY WHILE THE BIG BOYS AND I WERE DOING SOME SCHOOL... I THINK HE WILL BE GETTING MORE THAN ENOUGH WATER DOWN HIS PRECIOUS HATCH. 
WE COULD HEAR LOTS OF GIGGLING IN THE DISTANCE:) THESE 2 LITTLE GOOFBALLS WERE QUITE BUSY GETTING THESE LITTLE OUTFITS ARRANGED AND ON. THEN IT WAS OUR TURN TO LAUGH. THEY SAT THROUGH A WHOLE SCIENCE LESSON LOOKING LIKE THIS... SUCH FUNNY KIDS. I KIND OF HAD A HARD TIME KEEPING A STRAIGHT FACE:)WE HAVE HAD A SUPER BUSY WEEKEND SO FAR. THE KIDS WERE AT THE BOTTOM'S FARM YESTERDAY. THEY ALL SLEPT OVER AND THE BIG KIDS HELPED WITH THE FARMERS MARKET AGAIN. THEY HAD A BIG SLEEPOVER WITH THE BOTTOM'S OTHER GRANDCHILDREN. THE KIDS HAVE TAKEN TO CALLING THEM THEIR OKLAHOMA GRANDMA AND GRANDPA. GREG AND I GOT A LOT DONE WHILE THE KIDS WERE GONE... HONESTLY I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST NIGHT GREG AND I SPENT WITH OUT ANY OF THE KIDS.
GREG AND I HAD SUCH A NICE TALK WITH MRS. BOTTOM AND HER DAUGHTER OVER DINNER. SHE HAS WORKED IN HOSPICE FOR YEARS. IT IS SO NEAT TO HEAR HER TALK ABOUT THE BEAUTY OF WHEN A PERSON PASSES AND HOW IT IS SUCH A SPIRITUAL TIME. IT WAS FASCINATING. ONE THING I HAVE SEEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS PEOPLE'S UNCOMFORTABLENESS WITH DEATH, THE PROCESS OF DYING, AND THE ONES LEFT TO GRIEVE. SHE HAD SUCH NEAT INSIGHT. I TOLD GREG SHE NEEDS TO SHARE THAT KNOWLEDGE... I COULD SEE THE WHEELS TURNING IN GREG'S HEAD, HOW TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.
I WILL TRY TO UPDATE ON SOME CHANGES WE HAVE HAD WITH THE WHOLE ADOPTION PLAN... WE ARE STILL ANXIOUSLY... NOT REALLY ANXIOUSLY, PROBABLY MORE EXCITEDLY AND IMPATIENTLY WAITING FOR ANOTHER BIRTH MOM TO CHOOSE OUR FAMILY. I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES WHEN I HAVE A BIT MORE TIME.
FOR NOW I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS... SOME OF MY FAVORITE VERSES FROM ISAIAH....
THE SPIRIT OF THE SOVEREIGN LORD IS UPON ME,
BECAUSE THE LORD HAS ANNOINTED ME
TO PROCLAIM GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR.
HE HAS SENT ME TO BIND UP THE BROKEN HEARTED,
TO PROCLAIM FREEDOM FOR THE CAPTIVES
AND RELEASE FROM DARKNESS FOR THE PRISONERS.
TO PROCLAIM THE YEAR OF THE LORD'S FAVOR AND THE DAY OF VENGEANCE OF OUR GOD,
TO COMFORT ALL WHO MOURN, AND PROVIDE FOR THOSE WHO GRIEVE IN ZION,
TO BESTOW ON THEM A CROWN OF BEAUTY INSTEAD OF ASHES,
THE OIL OF GLADNESS INSTEAD OF MOURNING.
AND A GARMENT OF PRAISE INSTEAD OF A SPIRIT OF DESPAIR.
THEY WILL BE CALLED MIGHTY OAKS,
A PLANTING OF THE LORD FOR THE DISPLAY OF HIS SPLENDOR.
ISAIAH 61:1-3
2 comments:
LOVE those verses!
I watched my mom die two years ago. It was agonizing but definitely a spiritual time. Looking back, we should have taken off our shoes because I truly believe we were standing on holy ground. Actually, I had a nursing instructor once who made her students take their shoes off when a patient was dying for that very reason. I can only imagine all of the experiences your hospice friend has had and the impact they have made on her.
Thanks again for sharing that scripture. My heart needed it today!!!
Love and blessings,
Tonya
Anxious for your adoption news. A friend of mine was just telling me about how some people are now doing "home deaths" sort of the opposite of "home births". The thought is that the family of the dying/dead get to care for that person rather than sending them off to a funeral home (or in my case, off in the ambulance never to see him again) and this is said to help tremendously with the grieving process. As you care for and prepare the body, there is a closure there that we do not experience. Obviously, this is how it was done back in the "old" days. I found it very interesting.
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