Adoption

The night of February 12th,  I was visiting with a dear friend, Karen, after choir. She mentioned that it had been a very full week - including counseling someone looking for a family to adopt a two year old. Karen shared that she and her husband were not called to...

Dear apple store guy, I just wanted to apologize for my behavior today. I don't usually ask people to accept viewing my facebook account as an acceptable form of identification. See, my mom is in town and she is helping me. My husband and  I are adopting the most...

So much happened this week... I really need to write this down before forget... Monday we had our home study. I was a nervous wreck. Let's just say my house was very clean - very. Like baseboards with a toothbrush clean. And how does Brian put up with me? Thankfully,...

Thank you so much for all of the emails and comments and encouragement. You really know how to make someone feel loved! Thank you! When I have an overwhelming moment, I take a minute and read your kind words - it helps... a lot. Ok - so I'll keep going with the story...

{Gorgeous eggs - from The Simple Farm} I hope you aren't getting tired of all the news about adoption. It flooded our life in the most amazing and beautiful way and it consumes all of my thoughts right now. Red {Update:  Nickname has been vetoed... I'll keep you...

Papers have been filed. The transition has begun. Our sweet little two year old will spend his first night in our home tonight. It will be 6-8 months before it is official. So many emotions, but... We have had an amazing week this week! Normal two year old stuff. {I...

If we've been friends for a while, then you know that I clean when I'm stressed. Yesterday, we had a very special visitor from 1pm until 8pm. I could not sit still. I volunteered in Nate's classroom, I picked up the dry cleaning, I dusted, I cleaned every room until...

For my 13th birthday, I was given a pink radio. It could play cassette tapes. I was allowed to take it into the bathroom with me while I took a shower and  had a collection of Amy Grant tapes that kept that little pink radio busy. I loved that you could fast forward...

I remember Ashley's post when Firecracker was in the hospital when she was filling out paperwork for adoption. I thought - what a beautiful way to truly document the process. So, here I am - beginning the paperwork. My goodness, they want to know a lot about me - make...

Adoption has always been something that Brian and I have been open to. Even before we were married, we knew that we would grow our family by adoption - God willing. We had a meeting with Catholic Charities two years ago about adoption, but we did not have peace about...