Cannot Let You Go

With some of my girls preparing to leave for life-changing summers, there are a lot of people on my mind. Children who still hold part of my heart & always will.

Now that I have seen
I am responsible
Faith without deeds is dead
Now that I have held you
In my own arms
I cannot let go till you are...
And I am on a plane
Across a distant sea
But I carry you in me
"Albertine" by Brooke Fraser
I carry them in my heart & wouldn't have it any other day. They've impacted my life in ways they will never know. It's doubtful that I will ever see any of them again, but they are in my prayers as much as those people I see everyday.

God, thank you for these precious children. Thank you for Tupeso, Nkete, & Marisela. Thank you for Olga, Katrina, Kyle, Sunam, Vanessa, Brooke, Ashley, Jade, Kalli, Isaiah, Elijah, Parker, Jonathan, & Saxon. Thank you for all of those whose names I don't know. Thank you for allowing me to hold them in my arms. For being with them no matter their situation. For loving them, though society deems them unlovable.