Remember...

Today, in the busyness of it all, I was reminded of the life my girls have in their past. They started talking about their birth parents and things that happened in their past. They said they thought they could trust them, but really they shouldn't have. Haylee said, "But they were our parents and we thought we could." It just broke my heart!!! I try really hard to never say anything negative about their birth parents. They remember them very well. I mean they came to us at eight years old, of course they remember. The stories they tell!! The lies they were told by their parents. It is so heartbreaking!!

We had a really tough day homeschooling, so I believe this was God's gentle reminder to me of the trauma my girls have been through and that it will take time to heal all of their hurts and wounds. Eventhough sometimes I expect them to be like my birth children, they aren't. They have come so far in only 7 months. Well, in three days it will be seven months. I look back at where this journey started and I am truly amazed at the work God has done!!

They are behind academically, but they are slowly catching up. I think they have the ability, they have been taught to think for themselves. Believe me, they aren't enabled in around here. They told me when they were in school they didn't have to rework their mistakes, the teacher did them on the board. I told her that with me homeschooling them, they will rework their mistakes so that I know they understand the concept. She was of course not happy because she was preparing to rework her math, as she does everyday. We work and work until we get it. My husband worked with Hannah when he got home tonight with fractions. Hopefully this time she got it and it will stick. If not, I will teach it again tomorrow.

My husband and I went to dinner with friends tonight. It was nice to relax and eat without children and hundreds of comments and questions. The waitress couldn't believe that we had nine children between the two couples. It was pretty funny.