It’s been 15 years since one of my daughters (who will remain anonymous – if possible) put on her invisible Wonder Woman costume and came to Russia. She will seriously not appreciate me writing publicly about this, but I’m doing it anyway.
I say she wore her invisible Wonder Woman costume, because when she was a young child she loved playing Wonder Woman. She made aluminum foil wristbands to look more authentic, and of course carried a whip. She delighted herself and all of us as she would leap from ottoman to chair flying through the air with her whip and those wristbands. She would thrust out her wrists in a successful effort to shield herself from imaginary bullets. She was one active child always interested in anything physical. She’s my child who was constantly climbing – out of her baby bed before the age of one – onto the kitchen cabinet to get into the sugar bowl, and again to actually eat her birthday cake before anyone else had a chance – and later climbing up into the garage cabinet to get sugar cubes for her pony.
She came to Russia to help her 14 year old brother and me move back to the states. Her dad had disappeared two times, and later refused to leave Russia. The three of us returned without him. She did rescue us even though no Wonder Woman costume was in reality necessary. She gave up her schedule to fly around the world alone, help us pack up an apartment, perform a multitude of other tasks and help us get home. In addition, she put her own life on hold for almost two years to move back home with us. She deserves a hero award, and this is the best I can do – award her the belated “Wonder Woman Award” for bravery as a then 22 year old single woman flying alone and walking into a cold, dark snowy Communist country to help get her mom and brother home. What a fantastic young woman!
Much has changed in these 15 years – my daughter married, received a master’s degree in counseling, gave birth to two sons, my son graduated from high school, college, medical school, and is now three years into his residency. Another daughter added two more grandsons to the mix, making it a total of six. Five and a half years ago, I married a wonderful man who loves God, with three delightful daughters of his own, thus increasing the family total to 16. God is good! Life here on earth is not perfect, nor will it ever be. Sometimes I think we forget that. We are being prepared for the next world where perfection resides. God is good - all the time!
Some things never change. Today my daughter’s seven year old son took a flying leap out of a swing and bumped his head – sort of reminds me of his mother. I guess genes do play a large part of who we turn out to be. He is one adventuresome boy – that is for sure and into anything he thinks his body can do.
Thank you for your help sweet daughter of mine. I applaud you 15 years after rescuing us. I know God rescued us, but He used you to do it. It warms my heart to know you came. Bless you. I love you! Mom
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? Who will bring a charge against God's elect? God is the one who justifies; who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Just as it is written, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered”, But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8: 31-39 NAS
She came to Russia to help her 14 year old brother and me move back to the states. Her dad had disappeared two times, and later refused to leave Russia. The three of us returned without him. She did rescue us even though no Wonder Woman costume was in reality necessary. She gave up her schedule to fly around the world alone, help us pack up an apartment, perform a multitude of other tasks and help us get home. In addition, she put her own life on hold for almost two years to move back home with us. She deserves a hero award, and this is the best I can do – award her the belated “Wonder Woman Award” for bravery as a then 22 year old single woman flying alone and walking into a cold, dark snowy Communist country to help get her mom and brother home. What a fantastic young woman!
Much has changed in these 15 years – my daughter married, received a master’s degree in counseling, gave birth to two sons, my son graduated from high school, college, medical school, and is now three years into his residency. Another daughter added two more grandsons to the mix, making it a total of six. Five and a half years ago, I married a wonderful man who loves God, with three delightful daughters of his own, thus increasing the family total to 16. God is good! Life here on earth is not perfect, nor will it ever be. Sometimes I think we forget that. We are being prepared for the next world where perfection resides. God is good - all the time!
Some things never change. Today my daughter’s seven year old son took a flying leap out of a swing and bumped his head – sort of reminds me of his mother. I guess genes do play a large part of who we turn out to be. He is one adventuresome boy – that is for sure and into anything he thinks his body can do.
Thank you for your help sweet daughter of mine. I applaud you 15 years after rescuing us. I know God rescued us, but He used you to do it. It warms my heart to know you came. Bless you. I love you! Mom
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? Who will bring a charge against God's elect? God is the one who justifies; who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Just as it is written, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered”, But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8: 31-39 NAS
Hooray that Poutpourri Life is BACK! And there is nothing more compelling than real life. What a touching, honoring, full-of-love arrangement of words about a daughter's journey from alumininum foil wristbands to real life bravery. Your daughter is an Esther.
ReplyDeleteYou made me cry! Thank you for saying thank you. That means so much.
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Thank God for incredible daughters. She deserves the Wonder Woman daughter award for her faithfulness and courage!
ReplyDeleteOh Cherry, I had a little wonder woman in my life...still do, she's just a bit taller now! They are irreplaceable. :-)
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet tribute to your daughter! Such a testimony of God's faithfulness to His children! You will never have to walk that way again, dear one!!
Love you, sweet friend!