A new Year!

January, 2012 will mark the point at which our family has been in Scotland for three years.

For Dylan, Scotland is obviously all he has known. (He’s almost three months old)

For Taren, Scotland is all he has known (He’s two)

For Caileen, Scotland is where she has spent most of her years

For Connie, Scotland is going to be most of her years too…soon.

This country has become home in a very short period of time.

The other day, Raiden commented that he wished his two younger brothers were American.

When I asked him why, he couldn’t put his finger on it. He just did. It didn’t matter to him that they hold US passports and that they are not citizen’s of the UK even though they have been born here.

I think, that in his own way, he is coming to grips with the oddity of our family. Some of us have been born in the US, some in the UK. Some have spent most of their lives in the US while, an ever increasing number have spent their lives in the UK. We visit the US occasionally, but it is not home. Accents are changing all the time with the kids, not to mention their vocabulary.

And, as a parent, it is a bit odd to think that my kids will not be like other kids in our family. They don’t fit in to the US anymore, neither are they Scottish. They will be, I believe, stronger and more resilient, and maybe at times, a bit confused and lonely.

Through it all, God will never lose control. He will never cease to ordain what occurs in our lives. That is comforting. We will always be first and foremost, citizens of the Kingdom which has come in Christ Jesus!

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