I appreciate y’all allowing me my moment of wallowing in self pity last week. It was the final culmination of a couple super hard weeks. As always, God was faithful to show up. Not always in the way I want, or expect. As I was reflecting on last week, I realized that what Bob Goff […]
Today I Want to Quit
When China said no to us the first time, we thought maybe it was a door closing on adoption. We almost quit thinking about adoption then. Then Kyrgyzstan opened up, and we felt we were supposed to walk down that road. We busted our rear ends completed a home study and submitted a dossier in 3 […]
Smoky Black Eyed Peas with Sautéed Swiss Chard
I’m a little bit crunchy. I’ve got kombucha brewing on my counter, my last birth was with a midwife, and we sometimes eat vegan. I also eat at Chick-Fil-A at least once a week, just to keep perspective. Vegan started out as more of a discipline when we did the Daniel Fast, but after adjusting […]
Adoption Update: Change
Adoption is beautiful and screams of redemption, but it was never the original plan. Which is why there is brokenness in the process. I tweeted that awhile back. It’s stuck with me as we have been seeing the brokenness in adoption the last few months. This summer as I flipped through my timehop app, I’ve […]
A Gift To Myself
True story: Prior to a couple weeks ago, I can’t remember the last time I read a fiction book. Which if you know me, is kind of sad. I used to devour books. Some of my favorite gifts were books my grandmother would pick up for me on her travels to England. The Brits always have […]
Waiting Sucks
There is a lot of waiting in life, unfortunately. Just about everyone goes through a period of waiting. Waiting for a pregnancy, spouse or job. Waiting for a doctors update, or to hear back from a college. Waiting for a house, direction, or answer, we spend a lot of our lives waiting. I adore Dr. Seuss. […]
Safe People
This morning I had an appointment with my personal trainer (free with gym membership), and to say I am sore, might be a bit of an understatement. As I sit here I’m having to control my posture and breathing to keep my lower abs from aching. We had a preliminary meeting and assessment before we […]
Adoption Update III
It’s been awhile since I updated much on the adoption front. In large part because when it comes to getting our girl, there isn’t really much to update on. We are still waiting. Our country has slowed down a bit after opening (as was expected). They went from averaging about 2 months from dossier to […]
I Want Crazy
Several weeks ago we sat across the table from the President of Promise 686*, and he congratulated us on officially committing to the “crazy” that is the path of adoption. The phrase struck me as he said it, confirming an idea that had long been bouncing around my heart. I’ve always joked with my husband that […]
Feasting and Fasting
In her latest book, Savor, Shauna Niequist talks about Feasting and Fasting: “I’m learning, slowly, a rhythm of feasting and fasting that brings a rich cadence to my year. I use the word fasting loosely, as an opposite term to feasting-permission and discipline, necessary slides back and forth along the continuum of how we feed […]
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