Thanksgiving (AJ #31)

This Thanksgiving we have much to be thankful for and we just thought we would take a moment to let you know how we feel.
We are first and foremost thankful to God for the gracious gift of salvation through His Son.
We are enthusiastically thankful for the gift of our daughter, and much of our gratitude is connected to her this year.
We are thankful for her aunts. All children should be so blessed to have wonderfully strong, Godly women in their lives that love them, love their parents and love God. We continue to be amazed that God has blessed our family in such a way.
We are thankful for uncles. Our daughter has not had many positive male role models in her life, yet we are grateful that her uncles are men she can look up to and learn from.
We are thankful for grandparents. We are thankful for grandparents who provide love, care and support without question or pause. We are thankful that our daughter recognizes that as something special
We are thankful for cousins. We are thankful for older cousins who model many of the good things we want to teach our daughter. We are thankful for cousins who accept our daughter as an equal member of the family, share their toys and play together so well. We are thankful for cousins who have the energy to play and play and play and who provide a wealth of new words for our daughter to learn. We are thankful for younger cousins who can help to teach our daughter how to care for others.
We are thankful for our home and that our daughter understands it is her home. We are also thankful that our home is still standing.
We are thankful for social workers who choose to live up to their calling and make life a little easier as we travel through this transition.
We are thankful for the young girls who spend part of their Sunday mornings helping our daughter be included in her Sunday school class.
We are thankful for friends who prayerfully support us and are willing to share in our journey.
We have much to be thankful for, yet we know there are many children who have not found their forever families. We pray that they will be safe while God prepares their families.
While it seems most of our prayers have been answered, we know that our journey has only begun. So, we’ll close with the prayer we say with over our daughter every night.
“Dear Jesus, thank You for Summer. Thank you for bringing her into our lives. Thank You that we are able to be her mommy and daddy. Help us to be a good mommy and daddy…”
Happy Thanksgiving.