Apr
7
2012
Isn't it funny how life never plays out the way you plan. You think you can see several turns ahead in the road of life but you blink your eyes and you're suddenly on a different road! I'm glad God is driving and not me. We thought the change in our life was going to limited to our diet. As time goes by we are discovering more foods that the children have a difficult time tolerating. We've began eliminating processed foods from our life. This evolved into eliminating things like refined sugar, homogenized milk, and an assortment of other things. Just a couple of week ago Martha and I decided to try a 30 day purification diet. We made it through most of the "Nothing but Fruits and Vegetables" week when suddenly the road of life shifted in a way no one saw coming. We became the temporary parents of two new little ones.
Due to a series of unfortunately events Martha's sister, Melody, faced losing her two young daughters - Kristine (2 1/2 years) and Abigail (15 months). We've taken them into our home to raise them as our own. It may be a few weeks or a few years. However long we end up having them in our home we will love them with every ounce of our being. They are still young enough to train. So far breaking old habits and creating new ones has not been that much of a challenge. On the downside we are on diaper duty again. There's also the additional laundry and mouths to feed. It also doesn't help that our modest split-level house was never intended for five children. Despite all the changes (including the sudden lack of sleep) it's worth it. We have no regrets and we'd do it again in a heart beat. I'm anxious to see where this road will lead.