Christmas Thoughts....

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I am filled with thanksgiving, joy and pride as I look at my beautiful children. I think of the journeys we all took to be together. I remember walking into that cold orphanage in St. Petersburg and holding Jake for the first time. It just took 1 backwards glance at the children left in the playpen to make my heart ache. The same thing happened in China when we were picking up Kiah. The total number of abandoned girls and boys around the world desperately waiting for families is overwhelming. Oh my heart. I look at all the joy that Kiah and Jake get from the simplest things.... that free cookie at Target. And I so wish that all the children waiting for families around the world could experience the joy of that 1 cookie from Target, that 1 hug after getting a boo-boo, that feeling of belonging somewhere and having someone to love you. So tonight I post a Steven Curtis Champman video called All I Really Want for Christmas. The tears roll down my face everytime I listened to it and it makes my heart ache all the more as we wait to bring our son home from China. I urge everyone to search their heart and soul to see if maybe there is room in there for one of these precious children that need a home so badly. It will be the best journey you will ever take.