"Let every individual and institution now think and act as a responsible trustee of Earth, seeking choices in ecology, economics and ethics that will provide a sustainable future, eliminate pollution, poverty and violence, awaken the wonder of life and foster peaceful progress in the human adventure."
- John McConnell, founder of International Earth Day
RIGHT NOW, and then again tomorrow and then again the next day and on it goes day after day,
1/2 OF THE WORLD lives on LESS THAN 2 DOLLARS each day.
Psalm 27:4
One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.
Do all you can and don't worry about the odds against you. Wield the miracle of life's energy, never worrying whether we fail, concerned only that whether we fail or succeed we do so with all our might. That's all we need to know to feel certain that all our force of diligent effort is worth our while on Earth.
Carl Safina, Voyage of the Turtle
between independence and bonding/dependence is the issue in our household lately.
Mim is certainly struggling to be a big girl and act like an independent teenager, yet back stepping for connecting and bonding. I am doing the same dance, except I try to determine when I should give her, her independence and when I need to rein her in and connect with the family and a family lifestyle. It is like doing a dance with two people leading and the other not following...we get a lot of toes stepped now, on a daily basis right now, BUT we keep dancing for there really is no other way in these murky waters of older child (tween) adoptions.
between independence and bonding/dependence is the issue in our household lately. 
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I have another friend that adopted an 11 year old from Ethiopia who has said the same thing. Good luck as you continue the transition and bonding.
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