Well, 2011 is nearing an end and I began to wonder if I would get this letter done or not!! I feel like I can’t let this season go by without some “reflecting”. Not all the crazy events of the Hejls in 2011 but a reflection on how thankful I am for how God has blessed me with each part of my family. My caring, ambitious, leader Mya. Her stories and questions can both stump me and crack me up. She wants to know what’s going on, when, why and who was there. She is so attentive to peoples feelings and has a helpers heart. I love that she would rather be out in the garage helping her daddy than playing with toys any day. This deep pure giggle she has when she makes me tickle her but gives in before I even touch her could never be replaced. Her mind is so amazing I never know what comment will come out next, the thing I treasure most is her adoption comments. “Mommy, you know what I’m most thankful for?” what mya? “You and daddy. Because you adopted me!” One day I saw she was looking through some papers and I said “honey, don’t loose those those are special papers I want to save for you” so she said “I know mom I was just forgetting my adoption story so I was looking through this stuff to remember it.” She makes me proud everyday, watching her put her all into anything she does. God is going to use this child in an amazing way and we are proud to be her parents.
I don’t know if any one child can be so cute yet so mischievous as our little 19 month old Payton. His hugs could melt the world the way he snuggles in and makes you feel like the most important person. He can make the whole room stop and laugh when he dances, and he dances on demand! He can make me look like a fool for 5 min. making faces trying to break his stare down and when he thinks its time he flashes those cute little teeth and laughs at me not because I'm funny but because he just played me. I love watching him interact with others but mostly I love how he loves to love his family.
My amazing, hardworking, loving husband Josh. Oh how he does amaze me. It has been a crazy one this year and yet he continues to lead and care for this family. He has built me a salon in the garage, he has kept his business on the go, and he has spent more time on the floor tickling(or should I say tackling) his kids than ever. I love to watch this big strong man melt for his kids. God continually shows me His love for me through Josh.
And my heavenly Father. I still don’t comprehend in some moments how He has blessed me so much, loved me so much. That on my worst days in my worst times He still pours his love on me. “ He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?” Romans 8:32 In this season I remember how He sent His son Jesus to this earth to live, yet knowing ultimately he would have to die to reconcile us so that we could one day join them in heaven. As I reflect on how much my family means to me I can not fathom giving their lives up to save anyone, much less people who have harmed or mocked me, but He did! He wants to adopt us into His family and he loves us so much that he sacrificed his own son to do so. (John3:16) God is not a want, He is a need. A need for endurance and strength on this earth and more importantly a need for eternal salvation. May you go into 2012 knowing that no matter what may come into this world He has overcome the world and may you put your faith and trust in him and accept this love, this amazing gift He offers us through Jesus Christ.
We Love You!!!!Josh, Laura, Mya and Payton
