One Thousand Gifts...Rachel

171. I am thankful that Rachel is bearing good fruit in her life.

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172. She can get along with most anybody.

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173. She loves to read.

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174. She is polite.

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175. She still thinks Jason and I are cool...and tells us so. How long can this possibly last?

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176. She was gracious when she she lost the privilege of having her own room to sharing a room with Mary Evelyn last summer.

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177. She is very helpful to me in many ways.

178. She has always been very healthy.

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179. She likes being homeschooled.

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180. She is memorizing Psalm 19...I'm so thankful for the word of God going into her heart.

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181. I am thankful for almost of decade of wonderful childhood memories with her...from potty training to learning to read to her solo in children's choir to our first visit to the ER for her broken arm to the excitement of Christmas mornings and birthdays.

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182. I am thankful that she loves Mary Evelyn and Betsie.

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183. I am thankful that she wants to stay a kid.

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184. I am so thankful that she trusts Jason and me.

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185. I am thankful for her sense of humor. (See the picture below.) Rachel is so fun to be with because she laughs so easily...at herself! But she does not use her humor to hurt others.

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186. I am thankful that I get to be her mom...what a gift.

*How weird...I just noticed that picture above has the word "evolution" as bold as can be in it. This picture was taken at a nature center where you just kind of walk through and read or look at the exhibits on your own. We just looked at the animals...I never noticed until now that there was any "evolution" to it at all. Oh well.