We considered these gifts of God as OURS...for a while; yet, really this is not the truth. We've been in the process of letting them go and equipping them to Become since their beginning. We are only a part of their sojourns. Yet, yet!!!
The mercy of God brings them past our failures, His Spirit prods theirs with the teaching we have lacked, His grace allows us to still share in their lives, and His hope surpasses all our parental concerns.
They are Joy.

{words and photo September 2012}