Vacation!

As we get ready for our first vacation together I stopped to think about all of the things that Elijah might not have experienced if he was still in foster care. A lot of people tell me that it is because of me, but no...it is because of God. God brought us together and made him my son. I do have to wonder every now and then though, where would he be now? I shutter at the thought, because I can only imagine.

This little boy could have fallen into the cycle of his surroundings, but that will NOT happen now. If it kills me, it will not happen. How lucky am I to be able to be a part of all of this? How lucky am I to be able to have him as my son and get to watch  him grow into the man that he will become?

Over the next week days he is going to have a lot of firsts: first time in an airplane, first hotel stay (that I know of at least), first time seeing the ocean, first time on a boat, etc. He is really excited, and I am excited to see that excitement through his eyes. 

Hard week!

This week was a hard week. Elijah was testing. He decided to just beat other children at daycare if they took his toy or if he wanted a toy instead of saying something. He also threw something and broke a picture frame. I took his 1/2 hour of tv time at night away (what he lives for at night) and that didn't seem to work, so then I just put him to bed right after dinner the last night. That seemed to work because he was "really good" today.

 It is hard being tough with him, but after all, I am trying to raise him to be a good man someday. He has to learn.