Mom over miami by Annie Jones

Author:Annie Jones [Annie Jones]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Religion
ISBN: 9780373785414
Published: 2005-07-01T02:53:50+00:00

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Subject: Nacho Mama’s House column

To: [email protected]

Sam needn’t have worried about not getting invited to any birthday parties. Two invites have hit the mailbox already. Hit being the operative word! I’m shell-shocked—or maybe that’s sticker shock.

What happened to simple kid’s parties? These things look like Hollywood extravaganzas. I expect paparazzi and armed security.

Okay, it’s not that bad. But I can’t help wondering what will we do when it’s our turn to host Sam’s birthday? Renting out a water park and hiring a cement mixer to flood the water slide with nacho cheese springs to mind.

Better hit the warehouse club and start stocking up now!

At least we have a few months before we have to deal with all that. In the meantime other worries about Sam weigh on our hearts.

Dear readers, I try to keep things light and show you my world through love and laughter, but if I may break from that for a moment—

I’d like to ask those who are so inclined to remember Sam and his situation in your prayers. I know I’ve mentioned that Sam is our foster child and that we have no control over how long he stays with us. I’d have used a false name for him in the column but 1) Sadie submitted the first ones without my knowing it and 2) Y’all know who he is anyway. But to the kind ladies who asked for his full name to add in prayer, I hope you understand why I can’t divulge that. Just say Sam. God will know who you mean!

We certainly appreciate the thought, though, as we have come to love this child as our very own. Whenever the topic of long-range plans arises, it is always with the unspoken thought in our hearts: What if Sam isn’t still with us then? In his young life the child has lived in multiple homes and gone to more schools than most of us attend in a twelve-year educational career.

That’s too much turmoil for anyone, much less a young, shy boy.

He needs stability. He needs continuity. He needs to trust that there are people in this world on whom he can always depend.

We all do.

Please remember Sam in your prayers—we’re counting on you.

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