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17 things

May 31, 2010

17. I want my own little camper to decorate and play in. 16. I live life out loud…and sometimes that bothers people. 15. Mostly, I have kept my being adopted private…in a box both literally and emotionally, and only share it with a few choice people. Lately, the lid keeps blowing off. 14. I like […]

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May 28, 2010

I saw this video on another blog. It reminded me that no matter where I go, or what God calls me to do, He is with me, before me and around me. I love it. In the middle of my wrestling…He is here. In the middle of YOUR wrestling, He is there. Isn’t that cool?

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I was talking to a friend today….

May 19, 2010

And she shared with me something someone told her a long time ago. She said, “If I already knew the right answer, what would it be?” I like that! She said that many times in her life, just asking this has helped her see what she needed to do. So, what do you think? If […]

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Mom’s Day

May 11, 2010

I think one of the very best parts of being a mom is that among all the stuff we do that no one notices, love happens…and then one day a year it explodes with cards, kisses, sometimes breakfast in bed and a general “LOVE FEST”! I know the kids love me all the time, but […]

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Amazing Video!

April 26, 2010

I guess the only way I can describe how I feel about what I have been going through is that I have been GRIPPED. Taken hold of in a mighty way. I have felt, planned, spent my life and operated through the filter of someday adopting, of being adopted, of coming at life from this […]

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spreading a little CRAZY LOVE

April 25, 2010

This family is adopting a precious new baby…and they need help paying for the adoption. If you feel led to give, or just want to pray for them, please do! They have raised all but about 3,500. Update as of Monday at 10:00. The family now needs about $2,000 for the Agency fees. Praise God! […]

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Adoption

April 15, 2010

Today, I wanted to post about adoption. My adoption, and how I feel about adoption.Over the past week adoption has been in the forefront of the news, with all of the news focused on Russia. I ask that you read this article by Martha Osborne. ‘Russia Really Closing? News, Rant & More’It is with a […]

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One Special Lady

April 7, 2010

A great lady died recently. She lived a long life and left her mark on so many people. I am one of them. My life is injected with “snapshot” memories of Ethel. She was not around very much, and yet, always a part of our family. Ethel and her husband lived in an apartment below […]

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March 17, 2010

Yesterday David and I took a day off to be together and go listen to a sales pitch for a warehouse club. We weren’t planning on joining, but the “gifts” for listening to the pitch involved a vacation somewhere and a chance to win $50,000, so we thought it would be worth going. Well, we […]

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hmmmmmm….

March 12, 2010

I don’t even know how to begin or what to say. All I know is that God has put this longing in my heart, and in the heart of my husband and my kids. It is inexplainable. But it is real. That there is someone out there that is part of our family and now […]

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