Three years ago today, the children who would become our own came into our home. We all feel profoundly thankful that God decided to put all of us together.
Three years ago today, the children who would become our own came into our home. We all feel profoundly thankful that God decided to put all of us together.
When we began our training for adoption, there was one question I felt I had to have answered: How would adoption affect our children? What could I prepare for? What had others experienced? I asked everyone. Leaders of our foster training, parents, experts.
Unbelievably, it’s been a year since we had our “visit the judge day”. Normal families call it Adoption Day. I guess we’re not normal. A year ago, we had told the kids we were going to visit the Judge so that the four little ones would officially be part of our family. “Visit the Judge …
Thankfully, if I ever forget that I have a blog, Facebook reminds me weekly that I haven’t been posting anything. They regularly let me know that I am basically a blogging failure. Facebook is so helpful. These days I do most of my writing in my head and then I forget it all before I …
There are so many great Dads out there, and they are the heroes of their families. We are grateful for them. Michael and I were both very blessed to grow up in homes with wonderful Dads. This has been a life-long gift to us. Today I wanted to share a few things Michael does for …
Just to assure you, we really did have a great trip, and we are so glad we got to have this experience. Our kids did such a great job traveling. There are also serious things to share about our time, and I will get to that. Our family has laughed till we’ve cried over this …
I figured it was time to introduce you to our newest dog…and update you on some of our mundane bits of life. Alert: bad phone photos throughout this post! Sorry! Yes, we are the proud owners of not one, but two puppies. Jack is now a year old, but Henry our newest, is about four …
I usually try not to moan about sickness around here. I mean, everyone gets sick. So it’s not terribly interesting to anyone who isn’t sick. These weeks have made me glad I read Auntie Leila’s Sickie Manifesto a few weeks back. It was a timely reminder… Josh is in the middle of one of the …
How precious a thing is the [family]. Is it not worth some sacrifice in time, energy, safety, discomfort, work? Does anything come forth without work? -Edith Schaeffer Some books change your life. But you don’t realize it till much later. “What is a Family?” by Edith Schaeffer is one of those for me. …
After yesterday’s serious post, I had to throw this out there. I feel it is my duty to sound the alarms. Get to the store, people! If you are getting close to running out of Q-tips, get yourself to the store and get some. I do realize that this town does clean up nicely for …
