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it's been a week since I blogged. Not sure where the week has gone but I'm glad I'm sitting at the end of it. The weather here today is Beautiful! Very warm, breezy and SPRINGY! We've got windows open so the fresh air can chase away the stuffiness of winter. I've pretty much recovered from my fall last week - a bit of tenderness yet in my knee but I've been able to get out and take some nice walks in the improving weather this week. I have been feeling conviction about getting back to more regular exercise and I figured I have to start somewhere so I am just taking a half hour walk each night around my neighborhood. Not a marathon to be sure but it's a start. Sometimes I get so sick and tired of constantly needing to restart my exercise habits that I could scream. I guess if smokers should never quit quitting, I should never stop starting!
No news on the foster care front. I think about it a lot but try to stop shy of obsessing. Lately I have been thinking a lot how strange it is that I am waiting anxiously for what realistically is a tragic event in a person's life. For us to start to build our family, someone will have to give up (by choice or force) their child. Granted, their decisions will be what leads up to this, but it still feels like a strange place to be sitting in wait. God has really been working on my heart to grow more compassion for the mothers who lose their children. Not pity, because poor choices have consequences, but compassion for the hurt, regret, and anger that they must struggle with. God is always up to something in our hearts, isn't He? Tonight brings an invitation to a pizza dinner with some friends that we love to spend time with. I think Friday is traditionally their family night, so we feel honored to share it. Have a good weekend. Kendra