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Philly Area mom, Life forever changed by adoption

How to Have a Hot Chocolate Party

  • Make some hot chocolate. Nothing fancy for the kid invited to your party. Maybe something fancy for you. I made myself a pumpkin flavored hot chocolate. Now, that is fancy.
  • Let the child pick out a mug and maybe even a straw.

  • Listen to your other child try to crash the party and say “mah mah mah mah” incessantly in an effort to take over other child’s hot chocolate. Use distraction when neccessary.

  • Tell the child he has to sit with you and talk about things he likes, loves, or appreciates about the people in our family.
  • Let go of all expectations of having some significant mother-son moment since the aforementioned instruction results in giggles, sillyness, and saying things like he likes his brother’s toys but his brother is mean and doesn’t let him in his room and he likes Disney World and Mickey Mouse and watching shows….and he just wants to drink his hot chocolate without having to talk to me. 

(sigh)

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Thursday’s Things to Pray For

I didn’t forget to post this yesterday. Just had a tough day which meant I didn’t really want to post this. Keepin’ it real, folks.

  1. Keep praying for my sweet friend Jenna who is China now and just reached the last leg of their journey in Guangzhou. They are doing great–her new son is doing great. But, pray for them. They are homesick and ready to return to the good ole U. S. of A. Pray that their Father would sustain them these last days of their trip and reveal Himself to them in remarkable ways. 
  2. Praise God for the MidAtlantic Orphan Summit. It was really good and got us really thinking about what God has called us to do. Pray that we’d have supernatural discernment in that. And, pray that Mark and I would be unified as a couple and that we’d see the difference between godly discontent and selfish discontent.

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