Monday, September 16, 2013

- September 16, 2013

9" But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me." 2 Corinthians 12:9

We had a pretty good day today. The kids slept great last night and woke up ready for a new week. I actually slept terrible, but once I had my coffee this morning I was ready to get the day started. The weather here today is my favorite kind of weather, pants and a long sleeve shirt! I was also super excited that the pants I put on this morning I had not worn since April or May and they were actually a little loose :) We dropped the kids off at school and then headed to our school. Traffic was terrible because the city of Chicago decided to repave every road from our house to school and had one lane close. We were at a green light and we knew traffic was slow, but this cop turns in front of us and obviously is sticking out a little in the intersection, but the light is still green so Jeremy keeps driving. Well, the light turns red but only a little bit of our truck is sticking out and traffic is still moving. The cop turns his lights on and makes Jeremy pull over. Not the way to start the week:( Technically Jeremy had not broken any law so the cop just told him that he saw that he (the cop) could not fit so why would he (Jeremy) continue to go through the intersection. He basically said that Jeremy was rude and needed to be considerate of other commuters. Jeremy graciously apologized and "yes, sir" and thankfully we were sent on our way. Obviously we could not point out that we would not of been sticking out if the cop had not turned onto the street :) We made it to work on time and started our day. When I got off work I went to Target to get a few groceries and to get Samuel's birthday present. Came home put every thing away and then headed to get the kids.
As 3:30 approached I had the feeling of "Okay, they will once again be safe with me" and I was immediately reminded "They have been safe all day". I know some are reading my posts and my status on FB and probably thinking either of (1) This lady is way over reacting or (2) Samuel must be having a really hard time. Well, let me tell you something about us adoptive moms, now I am not saying that this does not apply to biological moms, but we tend to be extra protective of our kids especially when it comes to being accepted by others. The fact that they are in our family means that when they were placed in our arms the issue of rejection would rear its ugly head some time in their life. Not just any type of rejection, but the hardest rejection of their life. Samuel is not being mistreated in any way. Nobody is bullying him or making fun of him. He's just trying to find his place in a new school and a new class and that is a BIG deal to this momma who has fought the past 8 (almost 9 years) to protect him from feeling like he doesn't quite belong. He is loved by so many and he is a great kid, so maybe I am over reacting, but that's what moms do, right?
I need to rewind to last Monday. I was fixing Chloe's hair and I noticed a huge chunk of hair missing above her ear! Well, after two days, 500 lies and different versions to the story, it finally came out that she had cut her hair at school on Friday. I was furious that she cut her hair and even more furious that she lied over and over again to me. She was grounded for her DSI all week and grounded from the tv two days. I cried and prayed over this child and we had lots of promises that she would not cut her hair again. I picked her up from school today and the teacher informs me that she caught Chloe cutting her hair again at school today! The child has been in her room since she finished her homework and we are waiting for daddy to get home because I was too mad to deal with it when we got home.
Well, I made my first pot of chili for the season and Sam and Emma keep asking when we are eating, so I better get things ready to eat. I do want to say thank you to all that read this blog and pray for us. It really does mean the world to me! The verse at the top has been my focus today. I am thankful that God works through my weakness and gently reminds me his grace is enough and his power is greater than all my efforts.