When life hands you lemons
You make lemonade?
Well, this evening that turned out to be our lesson.
All week the girls have been looking forward to
Thursday night.
Going to Sarah's house.
Where her two boys live
(Same ages as the girls)
And her two foster daughters live
(Cutie pies!)
Oh...and her husband
The tall guy (Miss M can't ever remember his name).
All week I have been looking forward to
Thursday night.
Going to Sarah's house.
Letting the kids play in her awesome backyard
(I am currently coveting backyards)
And us have "foster-love" support time.
Then the lemon came.
The didn't come until LATE.
At 4:00ish when Sarah and I texted -
All was well.
All was on schedule.
All couldn't wait.
Kids.
Adults.
Then I had a "thing" come up at work.
A "thing" I couldn't ignore
Or push off
Or wait to do tomorrow.
My firm 5:00 pick up time for the girls
Became 5:20.
Thus quick dinner at home
Became Panda Express
Them eating and me checking homework
Now it's 5:45.
We should have left by now.
Chop, chop.
Eat that last piece of Orange Chicken.
Then a sudden reminder that we didn't call their mom
Last night
And I promised her we would tonight
Between 5 - 6
On the way to Sarah's.
Then the girls both have to go to the bathroom first.
(Which I have learned is never a quick thing it seems.)
Then Miss M turns around while she's talking on the phone
(On the way to the car to leave)
And she has a HUGE wet spot on her entire backside.
(We are thinking she dropped her pants in the bathroom floor water?)
Now we have to go home before Sarah's.
There is NO other option.
Now it's after 6:00 pm.
We get a plastic bag from Panda's to cover her seat
(She is seriously soaking wet from the top of her waist
To the top of her thighs - just in the back
I can't even explain it.)
Then we run into a semi-truck and car accident on Ray.
(Really!)
Now it's 6:20.
We still aren't home and
Then we need to change
And then we need to get to Sarah's
And that's another 10-15 minutes away.
Without talking to the girls
I pick up my cellphone and call Sarah.
I need to talk it out with her.
(I had been sending text updates with our ETA
Consistently changing)
We talk it through
We are disappointed
But both agree
It's just not happening tonight.
Her girls have a 7 pm bedtime.
Mine have an 8.
We just need to throw in the towel this time
And reschedule.
I get off the phone
To Miss M's sobs.
Harsh
Loud
Crushing sobs.
(DOY! I should have had a pre-talk with them BEFORE talking it out with Sarah!!!)
I reassure her
Us having to cancel IS NOT
Because of her
Or her wet pants
It just wasn't meant to be for some reason
We will reschedule.
We will see the boys
And Sarah
And the girls
And the tall guy.
Just not tonight.
Nothing Ms. O or I can say will calm her down
She just needed to cry it out.
We finally just let her and ride how the rest of the way with her sobbing.
Then she was okay.
Then she was done.
Then we could talk.
Disappointed, but okay.
Ms. O was the same.
Then we started talking about how this was a lemon.
A big,
Fat,
Sour
Lemon.
Within an hour of time our plans went sour.
So, what were we going to do was to
Make our lemon
Into lemonade
After a quick shower for Miss M
(Gross! Public restroom floor water!)
And kitchen chores for Ms. O and me.
We got out the Halloween costumes for tomorrow's
Annual Evening Pumpkin Walk at their school.
Then we start picking out accessories.
Soon my all jewelry drawers are open
And being displayed for me to see on them
And being "borrowed"
And being "loaned"
And being drooled over.
(Note to self - Kohl's cheap jewelry for Christmas!)
Then we decide we need to paint nails.
Our Halloween costumes need fancy nails.
Then we pick colors.
It's a hard decision.
Then we all sit around the coffee table.
Then Miss M's pink glitter nails are done.
Then we begin Ms. O's nails.
Then Miss M sings and makes up songs and dances
(All about Jesus
All about how anything is possible with Jesus
All about how He is the creator of the world
All about how He isn't a fantasy
All mind boggling for me to hear come so effortless,
Freely
Lovingly
Out of her mouth.)
While Ms. O had her five different colors of nail polish
On all ten fingers
In a very specific pattern
(Seriously - the difference in nail polish choices
Is a perfect glimpse in to how different these two gems are)
And then repainting a few nails
And then video taping Miss M songs in order to fix
And produce another time
And then secretly video taping a new song attempt
And capturing Ms. O's allergy sneezes and coughs in the background
(Which made for multiple viewings and
Immense, belly-laughs from us all.)
Bed story
Roses and Thorns
Prayers
Bed (WAY past their 8:00 am bedtime but oh, well!)
And there
We had our lemonade from our lemon handed to us.
Praise Reports/Prayer Requests:
I had the girls' month CFT this month. I have permission to meet up with the girls and their mom any time I want to wherever I want to! I love their mom and am SO happy for her! She is gaining more and more opportunities to be reunited with her girls and son and is so focused on staying healthy, staying positive, and relying on God's promises through it all. She is applying for a grant for housing next week. This will be a HUGE step in moving forward to overnight visits with the kids and then reunification full time. Please pray that the Lord's timing and perfect will in done in this area. I LOVE this family and their mom and I both came to the mutual acknowledgement this week that while this has been such a tough road for their dear little family, we truly believe it is all part of God's master plan to intertwine their lives with mine and vice-versa. I am in awe.
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