End of Summer

It looks like I am only able to post at the beginning and end of a season.

I was sorry to see summer come to an end and I did not finish ALL that I intended to finish. It will all get done.

One of the most exciting parts of summer has been watching Grant grow and adjust even more. He is amazing! and precious and such a ball full of joy and excitement. I cannot imagine our lives without him. I cannot believe God chose me to be his mother. I love him so very much.

Recently, I received the translation of his Half the Sky report. This report begins when Grant arrived at the orphanage at 3 months old. His Half The Sky nanny wrote in the journal monthly and sometimes weekly. She was very honest and surprisingly open about Grant and her feelings towards him. It breaks my heart to read. Grant was a very sick baby and arrived at orphanage very underweight and hungry. He had reflux and refused to eat. She writes about how his face first thing in the morning lacked emotion and how he cried and cried. There were places that seemed as though she was praying by saying, "What am I to do, he needs so much and he is one of 20 children I have to take care of." He was very slow to grow and it took a lot of experimenting for her to figure out a way to feed him.

I will never forget an email I received from New Day asking for prayer for Forest. It was after Christmas and Forest had been placed back in his orphanage. The orphanage contacted New Day after a few weeks and told them Forest had lost his will to live and was no longer eating. Forest soon returned to New Day and as long as I live the picture of his emaciated little body will always remain in my mind. Little did I know that at that time, as we prayed fervently for little Forest, our son was also fighting for his life.

I will always be so very grateful for this angel in Grant's life. I believe her daily touch and smile, her tenderness and occasional candy, gave Grant hope to endure the difficult times. Thank you Lord for bringing him home.