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The House Divided

I remember the day we joked in our training to become licensed to be foster parents that it would be an absolute nightmare if we took a St Louis Cardinals fan into our home!  Amanda and I are avid Cubs fans, saw them 3 times last year in 3 different stadiums.. lost our voices the night they clenched the World Series.. LOVE them!  As with any good rivalry, there's a LOT of animosity between Cards fans and Cubs fans! So NATURALLY, the girl that was seemingly created to be a part of our home is a Cards fan!!!!! (insert all the forlorn and angry emojis here!)
We couldn't be more excited to surprise her with a trip to St. Louis on Mother's Day for a good ole' rivalry game between the Cards and Cubs.  Of COURSE I had to get my little Star Wars St. Louis Cardinals loving nerdy girl a Cards shirt with a Star Wars reference (yes, Amanda had to explain it to me..) complete with a coordinating hair bow and bracelet!  I can't even wait to see her face when we tell her we're going!
If only we could have received her when she was a baby and could have molded her to love the right team! ;)
I've thought a lot this week about how great it would have been if we would have been able to raise her from day one.  How amazing would it have been to shield her from all of the bad stuff that would befall her.  How rewarding it would have been to witness so many of her firsts!  God didn't see it that way.  God saw a little angel that was born to a broken family who would later need the love and nurture and support that  Amanda and I would be blessed to provide.  I only pray that we can do a *decent* job of helping her to heal, and maybe we'll get it right more than half of the time!  MAYBE we'll even learn to appreciate the Cards!

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