Changes

Hi! Thanks for reading! I wanted to let you know I am moving my blog to a new site.
http://amicarr.com/
I will be better able to keep information more up to date and current this way. I will use the new blog to keep you updated on our adoption: We got a court decree for our children---yes, that's a good thing!
I will also post more about practicing hospitality, upcoming opportunites to serve, and whatever else the Lord lays on my heart. I hope to be a source of encouragement to others going through hard times etc.
Hop on over to my new site and become a "follower" or simply leave a nice comment and you will be entered into a drawing for a beautiful handmade necklace made by my daughter and I.
Be Blessed my Friends,
Ami

Craft Show/National Adoption Month

It's National Adoption Month!
Want to have some "Free" fun and get some shopping done for the holidays? Then come on down to Messiah Lutheran Church on November 6th from 9-3pm. 6900 Kingston Pike 37919 (near Papermill)
Craft show! FREE ADMISSION!
I will be there showcasing my upcycled handmade magazine beads and other lovely pieces. There will be 21 plus vendors.
FUN!
All proceeds from my sales go to supporting our children in Liberia.
Thank you
Ami

Does it get easier?

Well, does it? You know the hustle and bustle of having a family---a full house. One day it all comes to a halt---a screeching one and for once you realize---I don't want that quietness and alone time I have craved all these years. A quiet house? Really? Rooms I don't even go in. Doors that aren't opened for days maybe weeks at a time. Me? Never. But, that is what my life has morphed into. A kind of "in-between" phase. In-between "being" and not knowing what I am supposed to be. I have mothered for 19 plus years. It's now down to my daughter and my husband. How different this all is than what I planned, than what I anticipated. When will I be able to quickly pass by the baby aisle at Target and not stop to ponder, even for half a second, what that dress or this outfit might look like on...It didn't happen tonight I can tell you that. Why do the tears come so easily? Why does the life I am to live now feel so hard.
My desires aren't bad ones. Having more children. Blessing others. For now, I am going to let Abba Father hold me. He is my Daddy. He is ALL I need. A very very good friend reminded me tonight that I don't NEED anything to make me happy, I have HIM---God, He is all I need. So I will feel these raw emotions and at the same time really try to trust the one who put me here. It's not for naught. I know my Savior LIVES and it is because of him I live.
Amen.