Well, I'm home from my weekend away and I have to say that "family" is
great. In my case, this is an adoptive family. Having a huge rift in my
"birth" family, I've lost my mother and two sisters. They're not dead. They
just don't want me or anything to do with me and apparently think I'm the
spawn of Satan.
But a wonderful friend in church told me once "I'll be your mother and
sister as long as you need me." So after my mom rejected me, I asked if she
was ready to adopt me. She told me a wonderful story. She was working once
when a co-worker was pregnant. That co-worker had a friend come in and do
the pencil test, where they dangle a pencel on a string over the pregnant
woman's wrist. If it swings one way, it's a girl. If it swings the other,
it's a boy. Well, they also did this for my friend, though she wasn't
pregnant at the time. She came up Girl, Boy, Boy, Boy. Well, she already
had her three boys and wondered where her girl was. Then she opened her
arms and said "you."
That was a few months ago and last month she invited me to go with her to
see her mother for Mother's Day. So this weekend I met my new "grandparents"
and they accepted me like family. I've always been fascinated with
adoption. I want to adopt my own children someday. I've always said, "If you
love them, they are yours!" It's such a blessing to see this at work in
reverse, for me.
Okay, back to list stuff, I did check in now and then while I was away. I
updated the website table of nominations both nights I was away, but I don't
know if I'll get around to it tonight. I've got 55 messages to read! I'll
catch up soon though.
For now, on to those messages!
--Ainaechoiriel
"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.
http://www.stormpages.com/gabrielle/lotr Land of Myth and Memory
Blog:
http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com
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