A Short Update

It’s been awhile since I updated.

As many of you are aware, December was a difficult month for all of us at In Step. We lost sweet Cindy-Lou on December 18^th, 2011. Carla and I were with her when she slipped away in Carla’s arms. It was a peaceful death.

We miss her.

I miss her.

But God has been faithful to us in our healing.  Although sweet baby girl is praising Him in Heaven, we are praising Him on earth for giving us the time that we had with her here.

God has given us 106 other beautiful faces and smiles to love, protect and raise.

It’s a complete joy and yet so overwhelming at times.  To be given a responsibility to help raise children from ages 0-18 is amazing. And scary.  I don’t know which is easier, giving birth to a child (which I haven’t done yet) and learning as you go and as your child grows or having every age bracket from newborn to late teens all at once.

All I do know is that we pray a lot for wisdom and seek counsel from Jeff and Carla who have raised their own children.

Yes, it’s a learning curve; a huge one at that but it’s worth it. 

To hear Abby shout a hundred times a day, “La-la Larry!”

To hear Tommy say, “Mama Mary. Nakupenda (which means I love you).”  

To see Naomi come running to me for a hug every time I walk into the room.  

To see Paula give me her scrunchy nose smile.

To give a sweet baby girl a life filled with love and affection for the almost eight months that God gave her on this earth.

Yeah, it’s worth it.

Much Love,

Meredith