Somewhere shortly after starting this blog, it became an adoption blog. Which wasn’t initially the intention, but it’s where life was, and will always be marked by. But no longer defined by. So one last adoption related post, and then we are back to the original intention. Encouragement, to be a resource (mainly of recipes), […]
Living in the In Between
People make funny comments to me all the time these days. Between four kids, usually by myself, and one of them looking a tiny bit different, we usually draw attention. I laugh most of them off. Few, if any leave me simmering on the comment for days. But recently, I had one. I was at […]
Six Months
Tomorrow we have our first post placement visit. It is absolute insanity that it has been 6 months home. It seems like a lifetime has passed in that short time. I’ve been scurrying around this afternoon trying to find all our adoption paperwork and order photos. I basically piled all the adoption paperwork and put […]
LOVE Enters In
My husband and I have seen more of the world than the average person. Some of that is in the literal sense, as we’ve traveled to different countries, mainly chasing after the latest crazy pursuit God has laid on our hearts. Some of it is in the emotional and spiritual sense as we’ve watched marriages […]
A New Normal
I’ve been a bit quiet around here. We’ve been settling in and finding a new normal. I say new, because *normal* as it was, won’t ever exist again. That may seem bit harsh, but it’s one of the things I’ve learned to accept over the past few weeks, and I think subconsciously mourned before we […]
Patient in Affliction
If you’ve been following along, or are the least bit familiar with adoption, you know this journey has not been a cake walk. In fact, there were some times that were absolutely heart wrenching. So many times I have wanted to walk away from this process as it’s felt too hard. As I look back, […]
What’s in a Name? Part 2
In case you missed the explanation of our daughters first name, feel free to find out more here. On to her middle name! I’ve been following along with lots of other China moms adoption stories, and it has been such huge help!!! Especially as we learned her Chinese name and had to figure out what […]
What’s in a Name?
If you’ve known me very long, you probably know I’m a little crazy about names. I think a name is basically a self-fulfilling prophecy. Naming our kids has been a big deal, and not just the name itself. Each of our kids have different verses that go with their names that we have prayed over […]
Good News from China
February was one of the craziest months ever. My head has been spinning, I can barely catch my breath and I regularly feel panic trying to take over that I have to fight down. Some of it is the start of baseball season, some of it is our daughters birthday. Some of it’s our sons […]
A Rollercoaster Ride
We have been fortunate to get more and more plugged into the adoptive world. As we do so, the reoccurring analogy we hear from just about everyone discussing the process is comparing the process to a rollercoaster ride. With all the twists and turns and ups and downs and highs and lows we have experienced […]