Felt really overwhelmed at the orphanage today:
Was thinking about friends and family who've recently had babies, and how lucky those babies are to have two people who are *madly in love* with them. And I felt heartsick - that the kids in the orphanage, no matter how we provide for their physical and educational needs, are missing all the emotional and developmental support that two crazy people who are madly in love with them supply. And it shows!
And that even if I'm willing to do it, I literally can't do it for 60 some kids. At least not at the same time. And certainly not even close to as often as they need.
1) Thanks to my parents and Rick's parents for all you did for us, before we even understood what you were doing.
2) Thanks God for this, because it's the only thing today that kept me from feeling despair:
"Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation."
Psalm 68:5
(Photo by Christen Webster; Posted 3/9/2012)
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