Camille has a school project for All Saint's Day which is coming up on November 1st. She has to do a report on a Saint. At the advice of Mike's aunt Liz (who is a Sister herself) Camille chose St. Katharine Drexel. St. Katharine was born in Philadelphia, PA and was the second American born saint to be cannonized (after St. Elizabeth Ann Seton). She is the patron saint of racial justice and spent her entire life and inheritance, $20 million, helping poor Native Americans and African Americans.
Psalm 139:15-16 "My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be."
You can not change the world by adopting one child; but for that one child, you can change the world.
"We are obliged to yield many things to the Catholics...
that they possess the Word of God, which we received from them;
Otherwise, we should have known nothing at all about it."
~Martin Luther
Go for Long Walks, Indulge in Hot Baths, Question your Assumptions, Be kind to yourself, Live for the Moment, Loosen up, Scream, Count Your Blessings, Just Let Go, Just Be.
Proverbs 16:9 - In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.
It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish. ~ Mother Teresa
Married since 2002 to the world's most wonderful man, devout Catholic, adoption advocate, mom to Camille, adopted from Hunan in 2005 and Jon Paul, adopted from Fujian in 2011