Recently, Dan was checking out Woot.com and they were running one of their blind deals. For a fixed amount, you purchase what they affectionately call a Bag of Cr@p and then you receive whatever it is in the mail – it could be as the name suggests, it could be an HDTV. You just never [...]
Monday: Left Julia for one hour. She was hysterical as I left and only moderately calmed down while I was gone. I sat at Tim Horton’s, downed a donut and some coffee, and tried to not cry or vomit. Knowing that your daughter thinks you have abandoned her permanently is a horrible feeling. I arrived [...]
We interrupt this blog – normally devoted to the kids’ escapades with a smattering of scrapbooking posts – to discuss another very important milestone. June 23 marked our 10th wedding anniversary! Ten years ago, we said I Do to forever and were ecstatic to be living in the same timezone, much less moving to Michigan [...]
Stuck in between Father’s Day and the Summer Solstice preceding it, and our tenth wedding anniversary following it, today was a day that could easily have passed by unnoticed. But Julia has had so many milestones without us, I am intent on making sure we capture the milestones we do have. And so tonight, after [...]
So perhaps it is all those rerun episodes of Project Runway I have been watching during Julia’s naptimes while on leave. Or maybe it is just good old fashioned retail therapy. But lately, I have kind of been on a shopping kick. I got a new purse (in bright blue-green leather, thank you very much.) [...]
The question is often asked “Do you love your adopted child the same as your biological child(ren)?” I have been struggling with this question lately, feeling guilty that I can’t say “yes” yet. Every day, I tell Julia I love her. Multiple times per day in fact. But sometimes I feel like I am trying [...]
Last week was Week One of the Great Daycare Transition for Julia. She and I visited every day for an hour or so to play. This week we will start staying for lunch too, and I will probably try popping in and out of the room a bit. Today her class was on the playground [...]
This year we have spent a lot of time thinking about how blessed we are and how we can help others. We have had some great opportunities along the way, like adding another sponsored child (we now sponsor two girls in Uganda – a tremendous blessing to pray for these young ladies and expand our [...]
It was quite a busy day around here. First off, after a rocky road of emotions over the weekend this Mommy got off to a new start today and it feels wonderful. Throw in a catnap and some quality French Open watching and you have yourself a pretty awesome day. Emily had gym class, brought [...]
