Archive for May, 2006
School is out!
May 31, 2006 4:38 pm by WendiSchool has ended for the summer and most parents would be glad, I guess. But I had to fight back tears on Elijah’s last day as I knew he would be missing out on so much. He wouldn’t have Mrs. Lagrone, Ms. Pipkin or Ms. Leary. He wouldn’t have the companionship and guidance from his little friends…namely Mario and Eric. But the good news is that he will get to attend summer school on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 12:00 to 2:00. This will start the second week in June and will continue for six weeks. My oldest son, Chris, asked me why I didn’t get excited when HE had to go to summer school! Of course, Chris is now 34 years old and is a real jokster! Anyway, Elijah is back in daycare for the summer and he has a very good caretaker named Ashley. She seems to be very understanding of Eljah and his needs. I am thankful for that. On Saturday, June 3, Elijah will be attending a summer camp called New Destinations. It is for special needs children and is an awesome camp. He will be going all day each Saturday for the month of June. He will have two Occupational Therapy students working with him each Saturday. One is working towards her Masters. Her name is Mandy and seems to be a very caring, insightful young lady. We are so excited about this camp and what it will mean for Elijah to go. I will keep you all posted as to the summer events!
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Angels Danced
May 22, 2006 9:30 am by WendiI saw a greeting card with the words
“The Angels Danced on the Day you were Born.”
and I wondered what kind of music was playing
as they danced for you.
Was it a woeful sad ballad that spoke of the
confusion, violence and addiction that surrounded your birth?
Was it a marching song that told of your persistence
and strength to overcome and conquer?
Was it a beautiful lullaby that helped you to sleep
in a world that was not very nurturing and soft?
Was there an orchestra full of trumpets and cymbals
majestically announcing the arrival of a special child of God?
Maybe the song had a wild rock beat,
the kind of song that you now love to dance to,
and maybe the angels twirled and giggled as they danced
much like you do now.
I wondered if they danced again
on the day you entered foster care.
Or the day we adopted you.
I know that I danced on that day.
I danced to your song
a song that only you can play,
a song that God allowed me to hear
but that not everybody hears yet.
Your daddy and I love to dance to your song
and we will keep inviting others to dance with us.
Your song is your gift to us
and we are blessed to be able to hear it.
It was your beautiful song that the angels heard that day,
wasn’t it?
Keep playing, sweetheart.
They are still dancing!
Copyright 2004 by Kari Fletcher
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I updated a few things.
May 18, 2006 8:28 pm by TrevorI updated a few things behind the scenes here. The whole website has been updated, but you probably can’t tell that much of anything is different. Anyway it should be a little easier to update the photos. I will try to get some new photos on the website tomorrow.
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