Our sweet boy turned 6 months today, I don't even know how. That was one of the happiest days of our lives...introducing him to the girls, seeing how faithfully the Lord knit the whole thing together, and having Jen and Sharon here to love on us. He's a joy and half and is smothered to death with love and sparkles most days. He's looking the most like Nora girl, isn't he!
Meanwhile, this girl is loving life and determined to save the world...
...as long as she has her chips.
Love them. We're so thankful for the Edler boys...Sofie and Nora, Sam and Joel are thick as thieves.
Today was also the anniversary of the great earthquake that claimed the lives of SO many.
When I took this picture a few days after the Great Earthquake in 2010 that we’re all remembering today, I couldn’t imagine how Haiti was going to make it through the next few days...much less weeks. With the presidential palace crumbling in the background, I couldn’t see how life hadn’t just stopped for everyone, as it had for many. I couldn’t understand how Haiti wasn’t just finished, a pile of defeated rubble.
One day at a time, nine years have passed. One sunrise at a time, Haiti gets up again, early and hot and loud. One person at a time, Haiti perseveres, with surprising strength and unmistakeable joy.
I still don’t know how she does it. But I am learning that it is by choice.
When courage is chosen, it prevails over fear. When joy is given the place of bitterness, it supports the day. When singing rings out over grumbling, there is a melody to life. When faith is firmly clung to, it carries His children on. When we fix our eyes on the Father, the things of earth grow strangely dim.
And when we remember all that’s been lost...but refuse to stop, to stay down, to quit, nothing is wasted, beauty for ashes.
One day at a time, nine years have passed. One sunrise at a time, Haiti gets up again, early and hot and loud. One person at a time, Haiti perseveres, with surprising strength and unmistakeable joy.
I still don’t know how she does it. But I am learning that it is by choice.
When courage is chosen, it prevails over fear. When joy is given the place of bitterness, it supports the day. When singing rings out over grumbling, there is a melody to life. When faith is firmly clung to, it carries His children on. When we fix our eyes on the Father, the things of earth grow strangely dim.
And when we remember all that’s been lost...but refuse to stop, to stay down, to quit, nothing is wasted, beauty for ashes.
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