Last night we dined in the garage. Our furniture is moved out so the guys can come and replace the floors that are water-damaged. The piano-which-needs-to-be-tuned is in the garage now, too. I found the Christmas lights that I bought half-off the day after Christmas two years ago. Luci learned the phrase, "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."
At supper I asked (made) Luci play a piece on the piano. She said, "Just because we're making family memories, doesn't mean they're HAPPY memories." This is about as complaining as Luci gets. She's always been a little afraid of rocking the boat--when she was younger, she thought if she upset us, we'd give her away to someone else. Not sure if she still has that thought in her head. It was a big deal that she spoke up.
Oh, sweet girl. Don't you know that you'll be laughing about this very soon? If nothing else, you'll be laughing at dopey-old-mom for making us eat in the garage with the Christmas decorations while you played the piano. 🎄🎼
All throughout the month of November, National Adoption Month, I've posted this hashtag #wecouldhavemissedthis along with a photo of Luci. I am always thankful for Luci being in our lives. She's brought a ray of sunshine and hope that we didn't even know we needed. Even though her beginnings were tough, and the reason for needing to be adopted is because something went horribly wrong in the first place, we are always grateful to our Heavenly Father for this glorious blessing of Luci.
