This picture was taken at family Christmas on my dad's side of the family Saturday night. These are the offspring of my first cousins and me. Most of them are our children, but my oldest cousin does have grandchildren in the mix. Here's the beautiful thing about these children - it doesn't matter how God sent them to this earth; they are part of our family. Only three of the children in that picture are actual biological descendants of my grandparents. The other seven came to us through special circumstances. I don't have words to tell you how much each one of them means to us, but our family wouldn't be what it is without them.
I don't always understand God's plan. I think that maybe humans have messed things up so badly that it's hard to find His plan sometimes. I wish that none of these children had ever suffered loss, but I know I'm thankful that each of these children is part of our family now. I thank God for his intervention and His knitting together of a bunch of cousins in the deep woods of South Alabama.
So, welcome to Alexis, the new "oldest" cousin, Alex, who didn't make it to the party last year, and Superman, who is the baby of the bunch. I'm looking forward to taking lots more pictures of the ten of you (plus any additions) in the coming years.
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