today has been a good day! house cleaning, grocery shopping - those kind of things. olivia started a latch hook rug as soon as she came. she hasn't finished it yet and commented yesterday that she wanted to finish it but simply has not had time. i asked her if there had ever been a time in her life that she had been this busy. her answer was a big NO!
we talked about the fact that she has obviously had too much idle time on her hands. i know that God created us to do good works. sitting around, dwelling on self, pleasing ourselves simply does not produce good works and certainly doesn't produce a happy person. a huge part of her healing and recovery involves learning how to become a fruitful, productive person.
i still see an underlying sense of depression in olivia. it is slightly better than when she first arrived. her life is changing. her circumstances are improving and she has been on the mood stabilizer for about 3 weeks. i pray that in time all of these things will completely resolve her depression. it is such a debilitating thing!
as i have mentioned several times she has worked incredibly hard in the month that she has been here. we are taking a complete day off and spending it at the lake tomorrow. i know she is excited (we all are)! we have prayed for a pretty day and it looks like we are getting it.
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