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For those of you unfamiliar with my current circumstances, let me catch you up. Since graduating from college in 1996, I have moved from Provo to Olympia, WA and back home to Chesapeake, VA. I have lived here for the past eight years. Greg, my husband, and I are the joyful parents of five unique and wonderful children. After 11 1/2 years of being a stay-at-home Mom, I ventured out in to the work place pursuing a love of all things computer. I had been working for over a year when my life changed suddenly and drastically.
Greg and I are very spiritual people. We believe in a loving Heavenly Father who guides us in this life to those choices that are best. We also believe He inspires us as to His will for our lives. Such inspiration came the beginning of April of 2008. After much fasting and earnest prayer, we petitioned to intervene in the custody of my brother's four young children. I won't include here the details of why this was necessary. It is sufficient to say it was the Lord's will. The petition was granted on April 30, 2008 and we were given sole custody of these children. I am now the exhausted stay-at-home mother of nine until the court says otherwise. The journey can be read in the slices below.
Catching Up
It never ceases to amaze me how quickly life can whirl out of control and time can soar right by. And important decisions must be made quickly before the opportunity to make them passes. I've had to make one of those decisions recently. I came up with every reason not to go with it. There still existed one reason to go with it I could not argue or refute. It was the right decision. So I made it. My life may change for ever or nothing may happen, but I made the right choice and I am content with it.
Happiness is. . . choosing right when everyone around you says choose you.
And I, for one, fully understand and support your decision.
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