Here we are celebrating Ana's 12th birthday! She will actually turn 12 on Sunday but we will be in church and can't celebrate it then.
Here she is with her friends from school.
She got her ears pierced! They are small and very pretty pink and white flowers. We had a little bit of an incident today while I was driving her to school. She had disobeyed me and I told her she would have to get "consequenses". Of course she begged me for another chance and then when I said no she said "I never new Americans were so mean!" At first, I had to hold back laughing. Then I went on naming all the things God has done for her...
1. Got her out of Ukraine
2. Gave her a loving family
3. Goes to a Christian School
4. Goes to church
5. Has her own room
6. Never has to worry about food or board
7. Has piano lessons
8. Has Karate lessons
9. Lives in AMERICA with all it's opportunities!
10. Just had a wonderful birthday party!
Anyway, I told her she needed to ask forgiveness of God for being ungrateful. And I told her I was disciplining her because I care and love her. I dropped her off at school after that. We'll see what her attitude is like when I see her later today.
It goes to show, no matter what you give them, their hearts are very selfish, they always want more -- like the Bible says, "Foolishness is bound up in the heart of the child".
2 comments:
I often wonder how our children can be so ungrateful with all the opportunities God has given. Then I think how many times I have been so ungrateful and self centered and I know how God must feel with me.
Your daughter is adorable love the pictures. Rhonda
Never expect gratitude, because it is not likely you'll get it - but every time I think of that I realize that God has the same problem with me! I agree with Rhonda there. (I think this is the second time this morning I've agreed with Rhonda....and I don't think we've even e-met before!)
I wonder though, about saying "I got you out of Ukraine." Ukraine has a rich and lovely culture, and your daughter IS Ukrainian; it is a part of what makes her who she is. It concerns me that some day she may think that you can't love the "real" HER because of that. One of the best things about adopting our Russian children has been becoming "half-Russian" ourselves.
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