tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652695958312099977.post8827606686464687482..comments2013-01-05T21:35:13.836-06:00Comments on Tanner and Jian: We were made for more than this....Jon and Shellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00472255888182516053noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652695958312099977.post-51511679772938228512011-09-21T21:41:55.425-05:002011-09-21T21:41:55.425-05:00Shelly,
I could have written much and I mean much...Shelly,<br /><br />I could have written much and I mean much of this post! I get the 24/7 shadow like you cant believe. I always tell my husband that I think I need to have Luke surgically removed from me sometimes. The not being able to entertain himself.. so get that.... 5 min is SUPER long right now. I love Luke more then anything in the world but he is exhausting at times for sure. Having no prior language or education is so frustrating as he is still on at best a kindergarten/ slowly hitting 1st grade level which gets rough when he is now 11 tomorrow and SO far behind. I also get the feeling like you have a toddler/ 5 year old/ child soon to be an adult too. I always say that Luke is like having a 10 year old(now 11 year old) a 2 year old and a 5 year old all wrapped in 1. It is surely tough. Most of the time I would say Luke hits a 5 year old maturity level. But we are getting there and as you can see by my blog we are finally now getting out of the summer funk (summer was rough whew.. no structure on an orphan = not good in our home, but now with back to school :) we are doing MUCH MUCH better. We should really get in touch and compare notes! Pray for you and your family often!<br />TracyTracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11678861315420283249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652695958312099977.post-42852922423726521332011-08-03T12:33:29.884-05:002011-08-03T12:33:29.884-05:008000 times! Shel, girl no wonder my children are ...8000 times! Shel, girl no wonder my children are crazy animals, they're too young to know how to behave!! :) <br /><br />I'm kidding. I loved this post, I love Jian's heart and the way God is cementing him in your family, when you think about it adopting a 14 boy who spent all that time in an orphanage should be impossibly hard, it should not work, but God can do great things and He is!<br /><br />And the older I get, the more children I have the more I long for my home, the more I pray for Christ to come back and get us already, the more I see this place for the smoke and mirrors that it really is and long to be with God in the "real world"<br /><br />praying for you guys! love, jennyJennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076445054003947236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652695958312099977.post-51272592630104327442011-08-02T22:25:05.702-05:002011-08-02T22:25:05.702-05:00I too have been recently reminded to live for anot...I too have been recently reminded to live for another world. Shelly, I'm so encouraged by your example, and apparently, I'm not the only one. If a child needs to see/hear something new @8,000 times before learning it, you and Jon must be doing a fine job of modeling Christ 24/7 to see the heart he is developing to share that with others. You are amazing. I praise God for His work and power displayed in your lives.<br />-Miss :)M Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12116442802657022201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652695958312099977.post-70874268003333433912011-08-02T21:55:21.313-05:002011-08-02T21:55:21.313-05:00This was great, Shelly! Thank you so much for bei...This was great, Shelly! Thank you so much for being willing to be transparent about your joys and struggles after adopting an older child. This will be an encouragement to every mom who reads it......regardless of whether a child is adopted or biological. Parenting a 14 year old boy is not for a sissy mom.......no matter how God brought him<br /> to the family!Robin Penningtonhttp://www.hopefororphans.orgnoreply@blogger.com