lest anyone think that olivia is on a grand vacation - she is not!  life does not change 100% for the better in the blink of an eye.  it takes work and alot of effort.   she is learning some difficult life lessons.  she is learning how to be a responsible, resourceful adult.  she is learning how to deal with consequences of the past.  BUT SHE IS RISING TO THE OCCASSION.

I Corinthians 13:11 -"When she was a child, she talked like a child, she thought like a child, she reasoned like a child. When she became an adult, she put childish things behind her."

oivia is working very hard to become an adult...

sorry that i haven't blogged in a while.  it is certainly not because olivia is not doing well.  she is continuing to learn the job of dental assisting.  she pitches in and works with everyone very well, she is taking some grammar and spelling lessons, she is still seeing a therapist.   she has done absolutely everything that we have asked of her since day one. 

i know that when she is sad or bothered it is because she misses her girls.  she has assured me that absolutely nothing else is negative in her life at all.  even that is not necessarily a negative thing.  she realizes that ashley and hailey are in good places and  that they are being taken care of.  it is simply normall for a mom to miss her kids.

if you are reading this, i would ask you to say a prayer for her.  if and when she crosses  your mind, say a prayer for her.  she is doing well - pray that she will not grow weary in well doing!  Satan is still a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.  i believe that he thought he had devoured olivia's life.  PRAISE GOD HE WAS WRONG...

The Old Spaghetti Factory in Nashville

Olivia and Elvis (:

Downtown Nashville

The Ryman!

Olivia posing in front of the Titans stadium

we have been extremely busy at the office lately.  so busy that there is no way we could have kept up and fit all of the patients in without an extra hand.  olivia has been that extra hand.  she has been a huge help and asset.

when she first arrived we were going through a couple of slow months.  that's just the nature of general dentistry. you hang on because you know that there will be busy months and then even busier months.

i told olivia that i feel God brought her to us during a slow time in order for her to train and get her feet under her.  now that she has some training under her belt we are busy again! pretty cool how God sees the big picture even when we don't.