This week is an anniversary of sorts. It was 2 years ago that we sent our application for adoption to Holt. Our first choice of country was Thailand, second choice Ethiopia. Whoa. When I think about that season, those intense weeks between the Haiti earthquake and pulling the proverbial trigger with that large envelope in […]
Last night for Valentine’s Day we had a special dinner, and I planned some chocolate fondue for dessert. I needed some time to get it ready, so I had Trent take care of getting the kids their bath and shower. It turns out that bathing BEFORE chocolate fondue is putting events in the wrong order. […]
This weekend I was looking at the new pictures of Asher again and I remembered a little nugget of information that Laura had told me about Asher…which in the business of the day and the excitement I had forgotten. The foster mom said that Asher loves taking things apart–and attempting to put them back together. […]
We got a wonderful surprise this morning. I got a call during Bible study, and I saw it was our agency. Now, you gotta know how much I love the study I’m doing. It took a very important call to pull me away from my BFF Beth Moore! Bless her heart, the first thing our […]
I once gave an inspirational/devotional type talk and I encouraged the women listening that if they were ever feeling down or sorry for themselves, the best cure is to focus on someone other than yourself. Look OUT rather than IN. Time to take my own medicine! (PS: Our agency has not heard anything from the […]
Sometimes I get caught in a lousy streak–a lousy parenting streak to be specific. I can’t tell you how many times my TWO healthy kids have driven me bonkers, and I’ve started comparing myself to other moms who have more children or children with special needs or difficult life circumstances, and I begin to think that a […]
I usually hate it when people say that. “It’s all good!” Sometimes they just sound like pot-smoking hippies and they are almost always saying it when “IT” is definitely not “ALL” good. It’s kind of like “LOL” in person. It means “This is uncomfortable and I just don’t know what else to say.” But I’m feeling pretty pumped right […]
I think the Lord likes to keep me humble. Just in case I get the kids to school on time two days in a row with combed hair, clean undies and no peanut butter on their faces. I mean, that, right there, makes me feel like World’s Best Mom. Victory! I’m awesome! But then I have a moment that brings […]
I posted this on FB too, but in case you missed it: We saw a short trailer for the new Pixar movie, called BRAVE. It’s supposed to come out this summer, and we are HUGE Pixar fans. (Maybe you remember a completely random post where I rated all the current Pixar movies in order of […]
I realized I haven’t blogged since the non-update, and I probably didn’t have the heart to publicize that we got notice from our agency that there will be no re-do or make-up progress report for the kiddos that missed them in December. The flat-out truth is that the flood made it impossible for a normal social […]