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Today was a special day as we celebrated Elijah’s 11th birthday.  It also seemed like a celebration of his being home with us for one year.  We arrived home just a week before his birthday last year and it’s amazing to think back to our relationship and how we communicated at that time as compared to now.

Elijah requested donuts for breakfast, noodles and apples for lunch, then chicken drumsticks, mac ‘n cheese and corn-on-the-cob for supper with chocolate cake to top it all off.  Last year we didn’t know what to feed the kid so we took him out for Chinese food and got him an ice-cream cake since he didn’t like sweet cake.  So much has changed!

Birthday wake-up call

We are so blessed to have Elijah in our family.  His cheerfulness and resiliency humbles me.  I can only hope to learn from his spirit.  We honestly don’t know his “real” birthday.  Shortly after being abandoned he was taken by a helpful policeman to the local orphanage.  The day he arrived was February 1, thus that was the date chosen to be put in his records as his birthday.  The date itself isn’t important though.  What matters most is that Elijah’s heavenly Father knows the very hairs on his head and knows him by name.  And as far as earthly parents go, we will do our very best to reflect our Father’s love and make Elijah feel ever-loved and cared for.  Happy birthday, son.  We love you so very much!

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