The gorgeous children you see in this photo are all the children I care for now. We have my five, Cyrus, 10, Olivia, 8, Obadiah, 5, Malachi, 4, and Zebedee, 2. Added to that number are my sister Deb's children Dante, 14, Alana, 12 Nadia, 11, and Jasmyn, 8.
Yes, I got her permission to blog about her family first. :)
Remember we found this house with the large guest home? I moved my sister in. Her life had gone from bad to "how does she get up everyday!?" In a span of about 3 years. My husband and I felt called to share our blessing with her. We decided to hire her to help us so we could in turn help her. This whole process began last March.
I could have done an entirely different blog on that adjustment! It was hard for her and it was hard for us to blend two chaotic families. In some ways we both felt like foster parents stretching our "normal" to accomodate the needs of many more people.
God has been so present in all of it and he has brought our families more peace together than we could ever have had alone, but, I am not going to lie, there were some rough moments.
I am the teacher of 7 now. THAT was an adjustment! Our life is pretty cool and loud and sometimes hard, but I am so grateful to be sharing it with my sister and her children.
But... Our newest reality is that I can't really afford to pay for help. It has begun to be too much of a strain our finances. My sister is looking for work and I am looking at stepping up more for this crew that I love so much. I know God put us together and I know we will all continue together somehow.
God just keeps growing my family and I am honored to have more to love.
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