capable of levels of chaos I never knew existed. I like to think of myself as resilient, positive and capable. I can now say with confidence that these
things are true, but I have seen myself stretched further in these areas than I could have ever imagined.
Our Tricia is not challenging because she is adopted (though learning about attachment and trauma have been a big learning curve as well). She is challenging because she is herself, full of adventure and very little fear. She is smart, beautiful, strong willed, determined, focused and for whatever reason absolutely refuses to learn the alphabet. Which is just fine with me as I have far more important things on my mind for her to be learning and she probably already knows it anyways.
All of this to say, we are blessed, and fortunately for me what I lack in patience and grace for the task I have been blessed with is more than made up for when I ask for help. My heavenly Father has grace sufficient for this life of mine and I have been struck by just how crucial it is that I become what I want to teach my daughter. If I want her to be kind and gentle, I must be those things first. If I want her to be slow to anger and learn patience then I must do so also. Otherwise where will she learn these things? My job is big but I can't think of a better adventure or a more amazing way to spend my energy. Now we just need to pray for a sibling for her, the girl needs one big time :)
Here are a couple fun videos of little T this past week....
Parent's note: The toad lived, I checked to see as I get very nervous about these things.
More recipes coming soon... also I've been working on some homemade cleaning products I'm pretty stoked about so I'll try to get back on here soon!