Treasured

Today, what a day.  Rushed through meetings, rushed to get Grace from her dear friend's house and rushed home for dinner. Sound familiar?  Love my job, love my family and love my home, so "the rush" is just part of the day. Though busy, all treasured time. Grace and I were talking about Diannah being with us in the future and the role of the older sister to teach the younger how to shop- yes, you guessed it that was Grace telling me how that would happen for birthdays and Christmas.

As I listened to her talking, my phone pinged alerting me to an email.  Not wanting to be rude, I waited a few minutes to look at my phone and once done, another treasured moment was shared between Mother and Daughter. A notification that a donation had been made to our efforts to bring Diannah home. This donation was from dear friends who live out loud with their love of God, orphans and family.   The Tuckers have worked tirelessly with a variety of orphan issues from the African Children's Choir, Royal School and Orphanage, their own children, helping their friends with their adoptions and working globally with the vision that one day- there will be no orphans.

While all of the work is going on to support children, the Tuckers have built a real estate business- Treasured Property.  I love to think of my home as a treasured property, so the company name resonates well with me.  As I read the email concerning the donation for Diannah, it occurred to me what a treasure my lovely daughter Grace is in my life and how bringing the second child home would double the love in my heart. What a treasured property- a heart bursting with love, counting down the days until we are a small family of four.  One JaJa, two daughters and me.  Oops, I cannot leave out the dogs and horses, that would never do; for they, too, are treasured.

From Grace:

When mama told me that Mr Jerry T. had donated some money to help bring my new sister home, i was so happy and i couldn't hold my excitement in. I couldn't even stop talking. If she is my new sister, it will be another of my favorite miracles inside my heart. That's what it meant to me. And i want to thank other people who have donated and God bless them all.