My Heart’s Cry

When I was a teacher at a Christian school, I had a poster in my room with gorgeous faces of children of all different races and the quote from 1 John 3:1, “How great is the love the father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God.”  The sight of that [...]

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A Rockin’ Challenge

Lately it seems to me that the number of minutes in a day must be decreasing . . . or maybe it’s the number of seconds in a minute.  Either way, it is as if I blink, and an entire day has flown by.  As I type [the rough draft of] this, I am racing [...]

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What Is Really Important

I have a few posts that I have been working on; I have one fun one that I am just dying to share . . . but today I was reading here.  Mid-way thought the post I was reduced to a puddle, and by the end I was crying tears of deep thankfulness to our [...]

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Play Games With Your Kids

Yes, that’s an imperative. Recently I was playing a game with a group of children ages five and six. The kids were having a great time, that is except for one little girl.  She seemed really unsure of herself.  I helped her though the game, but watching/helping her made me think about how much we [...]

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Because the Heartbreak of a Child is an Unbearable Thing

“Other countries are still sending children home to their adoptive families.Why is the US waiting on UNICEF?Ask our ambassador.”  posted here, recently, from Haiti. And here, a post that should break your heart but will hopefully inspire you. And here, an article that will probably surprise you. Read here. Be informed. Pray. (And if you [...]

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While I Wasn’t Watching. . .

There’s a group of moms that I hang out with quite a bit…or as often as I can.  Last year on a “field trip” with these women and their children someone stopped us in the restroom – where we had all crowded in – and asked, “Are you a summer camp or a day care?” [...]

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18 Months Home – General Adjustment

I originally started this blog in an effort to document our family life and our adopting of two new children.  We are at a place now where our adoption and our family life are no different.  Our children are just our children, and it is a blessed place to be.  However there is more to [...]

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18 Months Home – Language Development

I originally started this blog in an effort to document our family life and our adopting of two new children.  We are at a place now where our adoption and our family life are no different.  Our children are just our children, and it is a blessed place to be.  However there is more to [...]

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Season: Spring

I was giggling to myself today about how my youngest likes to wear his undies backwards; he likes to see the characters.  Then I started thinking about how it is that my littlest one has come to wear undies…and no diapers.  How on earth did he get to be so big! So then I started [...]

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Oh, This Is What We Have Been Working For…

This morning you wanted me to read more from our Bible Reader.  I did, and you still wanted more. You wanted me to read more from Wild Places; I did, and you still wanted more. Again, you wanted me to read more when I read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; again, I did, but you [...]

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