Our Journey of Love to
with Emma
Grace!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B1Lv8k5pEc
Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west - Isaiah 43:5
Monday, September 17, 2012
I Refuse!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B1Lv8k5pEc
Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west - Isaiah 43:5
Monday, September 10, 2012
Growing through the Wisdom of a Child....
Our Journey of Love to
with Emma Grace!
If all the world thought like a child, it would be a much nicer place.
My daughter teaches me this every day in many ways. One of the simplest ways is the joy she receives and shares from the miracle blessing that is nature. Something that is waiting there for all of us to take in - to see, to feel, to taste, to smell and to enjoy - but often we do not even give any of it a second thought.
Emma Grace can't walk past or towards the front stoop without taking a whiff of every single open bud on her way. Never in a hurry. Never concerned. Knowing all else can wait. Never willing to pass up such an opportunity. Even when we call her name and request her presence quickly now......
.....we are aware that we are going to have to wait until she has finished enjoying herself completely.....with these somethings so wonderful for her to seize. Beautiful gifts just waiting for her.....like the beautiful gift she was just waiting for us.
Showing us her wisdom and changing our eyes to what is really important in life.
It's not monetary things. We as people WANT more then WE need. What's important is love and family. Everything else will fall in to place.
Such a simple thing. Yet simple things have been known to change the world.....for the better.
So many people have told us how wonderful we are to have saved Emma Grace from her life as an orphane and how kind of an action adopting a special needs waiting child living in an orphanage was. We giggle and smile at each other when we hear this..........
......because we know the truth. We are the blessed ones in the mix. We are the lucky ones..........and most importantly - we are the ones being saved...........
......by the smiple actions of a child named Emma Grace.
Always take time to STOP and smell the flowers!!
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Gotcha Again!!....
Our Journey of Love to
with Emma Grace!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY EMMA GRACE GOODSON!!
Our beautiful sweet baby girl!
Her own kinda broom
Oh boy - she's got the pose down.....it may be a toy phone this time but soon enough...............
We took a celebration family hike and girl picked me my first ever mommy daughter flowers from the field
A booty painting by Emma Grace Goodson. By the time it was all said and done, she had paint from one end to the other and was in the buff sliding all over the paper.
One month ago today was the wonderful day we finally met for the first time. Today is your/our one month Gotcha Day anniversary!!
One month ago today we meet Emma Grace for the first time in Shanghai, China. A lot has happened in this month. We've had good times.......we've had bad times......we've operated on no sleep.....we've had tears.....we've had fights.....but all the times have been blessed! It seems so long ago. Seems longer than a month. I can not remember what times were like before you now. I like that! I guess when you spend 24 hours a day with someone life changes. I like the change! We need more change! Changes for the better for us!
The next several months will be hard. Now we are still only communicating with signals and a few sounds/grunts. Soon the doctors at the Cleveland Clinic will guide us to helping you learn to speak as well as Help Me Grow. We know Emma Grace will need years of speech therapy in order to talk - we were told by our international doctor upon returing to the US. We as a family of three are ready for the challenge! We can hardly wait to tell you to pipe it down!
Tomorrow will be our one month anniversary as a family of 3 Goodsons!! Special times are a happening! For tonight......mama made you some jello! Mama's first jello......mama never felt the need to make it before.....sad....but true! It was easy!
Love you Emma Grace Goodson! Looking forward for your nap to be over so we can play some more!
Love you forever and ever!
Monday, September 3, 2012
Life is but a dream...........fleeting away
Our Journey of Love to with Emma Grace!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
A PSALM OF LIFE
WHAT THE HEART OF THE YOUNG MAN
...
SAID TO THE PSALMIST
TELL me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream ! —
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
Life is real ! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal ;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
Life is but an empty dream ! —
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
Life is real ! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal ;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way ;
But to act, that each to-morrow
Find us farther than to-day.
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle !
Be a hero in the strife !
Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant !
Let the dead Past bury its dead !
Act,— act in the living Present !
Heart within, and God o'erhead !
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time ;
Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.
Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate ;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Emma's place......
Our Journey of Love to with Emma Grace!
Was very happy when our social worker told me that I did a good job on Emma Grace's room. I had been worried that they might think it too over stimulating. Emma Grace really seems to feel comfortable in her room. She has adapted to and loves her bed. We have since added padded sides to her bed and she seems to love it even more. Her safe place. Her room is just for sleeping - not playing - but I think is very pretty and I believe by her expression, Emma Grace agrees!! I had a lot of fun putting it together!
Was very happy when our social worker told me that I did a good job on Emma Grace's room. I had been worried that they might think it too over stimulating. Emma Grace really seems to feel comfortable in her room. She has adapted to and loves her bed. We have since added padded sides to her bed and she seems to love it even more. Her safe place. Her room is just for sleeping - not playing - but I think is very pretty and I believe by her expression, Emma Grace agrees!! I had a lot of fun putting it together!
(The making of Emma Grace's mommy made wall mount headboard)
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