One of the things I did in 2016 was read through the Psalms. This isn’t something one usually looks back at as a great accomplishment for the year, but for me it was. A goal for the year is more often to read the entire bible. However I started 2016 in a jumble of emotions, […]
Six Months
Tomorrow we have our first post placement visit. It is absolute insanity that it has been 6 months home. It seems like a lifetime has passed in that short time. I’ve been scurrying around this afternoon trying to find all our adoption paperwork and order photos. I basically piled all the adoption paperwork and put […]
What LOVE Can Do
So as crazy and insane as our over six weeks home have been, we have also gotten a front row seat at what eight weeks of love, care and attention can do. Since the first day our daughter was basically pushed towards us in a run down random building in Shanghai, here is the way […]
LOVE Enters In
My husband and I have seen more of the world than the average person. Some of that is in the literal sense, as we’ve traveled to different countries, mainly chasing after the latest crazy pursuit God has laid on our hearts. Some of it is in the emotional and spiritual sense as we’ve watched marriages […]
A New Normal
I’ve been a bit quiet around here. We’ve been settling in and finding a new normal. I say new, because *normal* as it was, won’t ever exist again. That may seem bit harsh, but it’s one of the things I’ve learned to accept over the past few weeks, and I think subconsciously mourned before we […]
Brazil Culture Night
My kiddos just left me for their first day of school. One starting kindergarten, one in third grade, and one starting middle school. So many feels. Instead of thinking on it too much, I’m getting crap done. Like the 10 loads of laundry folded. And the remnants of our China trip I still haven’t completely […]
The Olympics are Here!
I get a little excited about the Olympics…it combines so many of my favorite things; cultures, community, and competition! This year we are celebrating even bigger than the last time. Mainly, because my kids are two years older and get it even more than before. And two years can make a big difference in comprehension […]
Going Against the Grain
The boys were headed off to watch a baseball game tonight, so I threw together a girls night in for the girls and I. Popcorn, pj’s and The Little Mermaid. Which would have been amazing if it were just my oldest daughter. But Naomi doesn’t watch anything yet. She spilled so much popcorn the dog […]
One Week Home
Things I am thankful for after one week home: friends friends that set up meal trains for us friends that sign up and bring dinner for us friends that bring breakfast and lunch for us friends that bring wine friends that bring wine and cheese friends that take my older kids friends that give us gift […]
Appointments and Real Life
Straight up? It’s been a really hard 48 hours. We started the week weary, both of us still sick, but needing to hit the ground running. Chris had an insane amount of work to catch up on, and I had 4 kids. Plus a ton of laundry, suitcase clutter EVERYWHERE, and all the emails and […]
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