Being thankful...

Life gets hectic sometimes for everyone. Sometimes we can get down, feeling like we have the world on our shoulders.
I know, I have pity parties all of the time - between school, five kids, (including two teenagers, no need to say more about that), work and a husband, sometimes it feels a little overwhelming.

Then, you get a "God smacked" and you realize that your life if pretty darn good.

Leonard and I are currently still reviewing a little guys' file. While going through his file, there was a letter in there from an American who runs a children's home in China. This little guy had been living there. In the following link, you will see his picture (can't tell you which one) along with many other little ones who are living there.
It makes you realize what you have in life when you have something as basic as a family.
These little ones have never known the love of a family. Most likely at this point in their lives, they don't understand it completely. But some day they will.
Whether it is when other kids go home, when they hear the nannies talking about their own families, or when they age out of the orphanages and realize that in the "real" world, people do not grow up in a building with dozens of other kids, being cared for by people who are getting paid to take care of them.
Sure these are just pictures of children. Yes, all of these children were born with some sort of birth "defect." But when you really look at these little ones, you can see that they are living, breathing, moving, and loving little beings, just looking for their families.

You can see these babies at: http://truechildrenshome.org, then click on our children.

Tell me, if you really look at them, that you can still have that same pity party. I know my attitude changed.