'happily ever after'

the other night Jordan came in from work looking quite pretty...

she had played Cinderella at a school earlier in the day...

long after i had snapped the photo and she had gone up to spend hours trying to get all the makeup off her face and the "stuff" out of her hair... i begin to think about life... and the fairytale stories we read so often...

i began to think about all the days i wished for a "glass slipper" ending to the day... but instead i got a "scrubbing floors and holding a mop bucket" kinda ending to the day...  i wonder how many of you know just what i mean...  i have certainly had more than a few of those lately!  but you know what i have begun to find... though i don't feel all pretty and perfect at the end of the day... i feel accomplished and joyful and good... we were created to make a difference...

i have decided "glass slipper" days are overrated... they are perfect for fairytales that we read about but for everyday life i got other things to do than put on alot of makeup, prance around and try to be perfect... that is for my precious dauthters to enjoy...  i got work to do... my Cinderella days will come when i get TO THE OTHER SIDE... my happily ever after is when i am at the foot of the throne WORSHIPING MY KING... so until then there are MANY others i am called to help find thier way to a FOREVER happily ever after... beginning with my four babies over in South America!!

so thank you for your continued prayers... movement is happening as we speak... paperwork is being sent... and mountains are FALLING into the sea... our GOD IS MIGHTY!!

the approval papers HAVE MADE IT TO OUR AGENT... so we are on the home stretch...  it won't be long until we are sitting across from our 2 boys sharing with them about the only TRUE HAPPILY EVER AFTER!!  What a day that will be :)