Fruit Trees and Family Trees—the joy’s never
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Happy birthday, youngest daughter!
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| John's great-grandma with her parents |
Happy birthday, youngest daughter!
Twenty-three years ago, a beautiful little girl was born. From the get-go, she was sweet, sensitive, and rather shy. She has grown into a young woman of whom I am so proud. She has worked hard to overcome challenges, and recently told me she is trying to face her fears, and asked me if I would write her story and share it here on the blog, in hopes she can inspire others through their own struggles. Although I offered to publish an auto-biographical piece for her, she wanted me to write her story from my perspective. At her request, and with her approval of this post, I share the following:
The phone rang, and the social worker on the other end informed me that a baby girl had been born 10 weeks early and drug-exposed. She wasn't ready to be released from the medical facility where she was currently staying, but would we be interested in being her foster-to-adopt parents? Of course! When John and I filled out our paperwork, we indicated that we were comfortable with a premature bab…
The phone rang, and the social worker on the other end informed me that a baby girl had been born 10 weeks early and drug-exposed. She wasn't ready to be released from the medical facility where she was currently staying, but would we be interested in being her foster-to-adopt parents? Of course! When John and I filled out our paperwork, we indicated that we were comfortable with a premature bab…
Lovely F words!
ReplyDeleteAlthough, sometimes family disagrees on 'fun'...
someone says, let's go to the bowling alley!
Someone else (me) says, let's go to the library!
@Get Lost in Lit
Family fun does occasionally require compromise!
DeleteYour granddaughters are going to love the A-Z book.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I hope so!
DeleteLook at all those beautiful kids!
ReplyDeleteThe one of you and John made me smile. Is that true emotion or is he mugging for the camera? My kids and Bryan always look for the camera before the ride starts and "pose". :)
Old photos are so interesting. They always leave me wanting to know more about how the photo came about.
I'm terrified. He's mugging.
DeleteThe old photo was an old tin-type. Hopefully great-great grandpa was friendlier than he looked.
Fantasticly found F-words. Fun and Family are the most important, aren't they?!
ReplyDeleteFor me the F stands for Fabulous Furry Felines.... Just love 'm.
You do love your kitties!
DeleteFriends.... I forgot Friends!!! You are one of them and I don't have a lot. So, there, another Fabulous F-word!
ReplyDeleteFriends are a treasure, and I'm glad you're my friend!
DeleteWonderful words and pictures for F from A to Z!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteHave you found out anything more about the history of that last shot (with all your family tree climbing)? I would just love to see some of those old photos in living color... I wonder how different they would be?
ReplyDeleteI have focused most of my attention on my tree, and not on John's. What I know about that photo is it is an old tin-type, and was taken in Finland.
DeleteAnother fabulous post! Love your first family picture - John doesn't age, does he? The last picture is a little creepy, yet totally cool.
ReplyDeleteThe years have been kind to John. I agree with your assessment of the last picture, too. :-)
DeleteI'm with everyone else (yeah, I know… sounds funny) on that last photo. There is something so…. something about actual, old photographs. It's the closest we're likely ever to get to having a time machine. It's not a painting or a story or a representation…it's them. standing there and when the photographer is finished (20 or 30 minutes later lol) they walked back into …wherever
ReplyDeletecool
That photo is particularly. . . something!
DeleteThat first picture is really beautiful! Family is the best!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Family is the best!
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