Yesterday I turned Bella's carseat around to be now forward facing. She's such a big girl now! I like to be able to turn around and see her. The second I turn around and say hi, she gets the biggest grin on her face. So, I was driving and I got stuck behind a school bus. My first thought was "great, this is going to slow down my trip." But then the first stop came and the little boy got off and ran across the street to his mother. Seeing that simple act was so joyful. Then another stop with three kids running to their parents' cars waiting for them at the end of the street.
To know that you as a person mean so much to someone else is the best feeling in the world. Sometimes staying at home is a long, thankless job (at least from Bella who benefits the most!) but seeing your child run to you, reach for you, or give you a big grin makes it worth it.
With all the news coverage of Haiti, it just breaks my heart more everyday. Oddly enough, I am seeing God in the midst of this tragedy. People are being found alive under rubble after 9 days now. That is amazing! I wonder what they are thinking while they are lying there in the dark, probably in severe pain. When I see the little faces of the children, I wish that I could just fly to Haiti and adopt a couple of little ones to love on. Actually, I said something to that effect to Jacob the other day. He said "Why don't we?!" We have thought about adoption at some point of our lives. We might not be rich with money, but one way that we can help some little child (maybe in Haiti, maybe somewhere else..) is to give them two parents that love them. I don't know where or when we will get a little boy or girl that needs our love and support, but we are thinking and praying about it now. Maybe one of the positive things about this earthquake will be the spotlight on this already poor nation. I love how there is an outpouring of love and support from the whole world to Haiti now.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
My etsy store!
Ok just going to plug myself a little- I made some cute signs and coat hooks. If you are looking for a cute gift for an upcoming wedding, anniversary, birthday or baby- please remember me! I put them on Etsy. I'm going to try and get a few other different things on there later on as well. Here's the site: http:// ldelgado527.etsy.com
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Happy to be home
Home sweet home. So we returned from our week long family vacation from Florida on late Friday night. What is it about home that is so nice? I was with my family on the trip, whom I usually am pining for when I'm home alone in Ohio. It's nice to just have space to be 'me' I guess. We had a king sized bed in our room, but for some reason our big bed with the flannel sheets just felt so right! It also helped that little miss fuss could sleep in her own room again- yay!
Jacob and I had a nice talk last night scattering through all sorts of topics. That's how my brain works when I'm lying awake in bed! Anyways, the tragedy in Haiti has been very heavy on Jacob's heart. So we started to talk about it more. I don't know what was wrong with me, I heard that there was an earthquake while on vacation- but something didn't click with myself to register how big, no- colossal- a disaster this really is. Haiti already started out as a very poor nation, now to have a 7.0 earthquake destroy the land is unimaginable for me to think of. I am SO sheltered and immensely blessed with my quiet, easy life in America. It's hard for me to put myself in the shoes of others in so much pain sometimes. We looked at some pictures from Haiti. I tried really hard to look at them and really think and feel what these people might be feeling. For some reason, this can be kinda of hard for me to do. I can understand, but not truly feel. Something about being a mother, seems to be stirring up more emotion in myself- especially when I see little kids and babies in need. There was this orphanage-all operating outside, and there were 8 toddlers standing in one crib!! There were people sitting and lying all around the street because they all had nowhere to go. Everything is gone!
After being on vacation I am usually happy to come home. Seeing the destruction of the homes in Haiti makes me even more thankful. Please pray and give what you can for Haiti.
Jacob and I had a nice talk last night scattering through all sorts of topics. That's how my brain works when I'm lying awake in bed! Anyways, the tragedy in Haiti has been very heavy on Jacob's heart. So we started to talk about it more. I don't know what was wrong with me, I heard that there was an earthquake while on vacation- but something didn't click with myself to register how big, no- colossal- a disaster this really is. Haiti already started out as a very poor nation, now to have a 7.0 earthquake destroy the land is unimaginable for me to think of. I am SO sheltered and immensely blessed with my quiet, easy life in America. It's hard for me to put myself in the shoes of others in so much pain sometimes. We looked at some pictures from Haiti. I tried really hard to look at them and really think and feel what these people might be feeling. For some reason, this can be kinda of hard for me to do. I can understand, but not truly feel. Something about being a mother, seems to be stirring up more emotion in myself- especially when I see little kids and babies in need. There was this orphanage-all operating outside, and there were 8 toddlers standing in one crib!! There were people sitting and lying all around the street because they all had nowhere to go. Everything is gone!
After being on vacation I am usually happy to come home. Seeing the destruction of the homes in Haiti makes me even more thankful. Please pray and give what you can for Haiti.
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