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Blog?
For 5 months I’ve been MIA on this blog. I’ve considered shutting it down, but I just can’t bring myself to do that. Yet it also would seem I can’t bring myself to sit down and actually write anything,...
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23 Months Waiting
Today marks 23 months since we first got on the wait list with Gladney. The wait has been hard, hard, hard these past few months…but we are encouraged to see families continue to receive referrals,...
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A little surgery
Last week, Jay was kind enough to take the children to their piano lesson for me, since I was at a dr’s appointment. While I was still waiting for things to wrap up with the appointment, an employee...
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24 months!
Today marks 24 months on the wait list. Or, if you prefer smaller numbers, 2 years on the wait list. Which is another way of saying today marks two years since we became what is known as “dossier...
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I Thessalonians 5:18 is a well-known verse: “Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you…” This verse arrives in the chapter right after we are instructed to...
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My friend and Gladney buddy, Missy, of It’s Almost Naptime, is in Ethiopia right now on her family’s first trip to meet their new daughter, a darling 25-month-old little girl whom they will spend only...
View ArticleReflections on a less than perfect Christmas
I don’t usually make a ton of resolutions for the new year, but this year I do have just one. My New Year’s resolution is that I’ve decided to write no more spiritual-sounding bloggy posts on giving...
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Christmas in Pictures
In between nursing all our flu patients, we did enjoy some sweet moments this past holiday. Here is a little recap in photos. To the delight of the children, we put up our first “real” Christmas tree...
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Am I as Smart as a First Grader?
Often, in the course of homeschooling, I learn things I somehow missed (or possibly, forgot!) in my earlier life’s education. Sometimes it might be a historical fact here or there, a reminder of a math...
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Where Things Are…
This past Saturday marked 27 months for us on the wait list for Little Sister. Sigh. I might, just MIGHT be struggling with a bit of a bad attitude over how freakishly LONG it is taking for us to get a...
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3 years
It’s been three years. Three years ago today, after much soul-searching and prayer, much talking to and gleaning advice from others who have traveled the road to adoption, Jay and I sent in our first...
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Thankful, Day 17
Today I am thankful for all the teachers in my children’s lives. Despite the term “Home Schooling”, there is much we learn about in settings outside of our home, and a great many more teachers are...
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Thankful, Day 18
Today I am thankful for roller skating with friends, for long trips to the library with kids, for a date night out with Hubby, for my children’s enthusiasm and joy about so many things in life. We...
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Thankful, Day 19
Today I am thankful for friends both old and new, those nearby and others who are far away. I am glad for sweet friends for my children…what a blessing to have kids who pop in and out of each others’...
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Thankful, Day 21
I am thankful that food and other supplies we need (plus a whole lot more that we don’t!) are a couple of blocks away and so simply acquired. My family doesn’t know what it is to be in want for...
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Thankful, Day 22
Today I am thankful for blue sky breaking through the clouds, for hot coffee after a chilly morning walk, for old friends and time to catch up, for the fun of introducing a fourth child to the warmth...
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Porkie Roast
I want to share a recipe given to me by a dear, old friend who is not really old at all, but with whom I share an “old” friendship, at least in my view of things. In fact, I guess I have known Steph...
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17 Months on the Wait List
Wow. I never, ever thought I’d be writing a post with this title. Today marks exactly 17 months that we have been on the Gladney list of families who await a referral for the child/children we will be...
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Taking a break from our normal routine…To visit the newest member of the family!
Last week, Abigail and I had the joy and privilege of flying to Connecticut to spend five days with my sister, Sandra’s family. Many thanks to my wonderful BIL, Keith for masterminding this trip, and...
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