We are so blessed to live in this country where we are free to worship our God, vote for our leaders, and speak our opinions. Quite a contrast to many other areas of the world, including Julia’s birth country. We look forward to teaching her about liberty and freedom as she grows. In the meantime, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Emily at bedtime tonight (with her arms wrapped around me tight): Mommy, I would stay stuck to you all night if I could. Like a glue stick. Oh how I love that girl. ——————— Everyone is tired after a fun cookout with friends tonight. Hopefully that adds up to a good night’s sleep. On a [...]
Music is such an emotional thing for me, and today I heard a song on the radio I had never heard before that is so perfect for where I am right now. I had to Google the lyrics to find out what song it was. It is called Blessings and it is by Laura Story. [...]
There’s a funny thing about blogging – you can really make yourself be whomever you want to be in writing. For my part, I have not tried to make myself better or worse than I really am. I guess you could say I am striving for transparency. But when that transparency will reveal things that [...]
