Ten years ago we were headed to the Old Spaghetti Factory (a favorite of my mother-in-laws) to meet her for lunch on Mother’s Day. I’d been having contractions off and on for over 10 days, with my due date still over a week away. The contractions were frequent, but they had done that twice already, […]
Expect, Equip, Encourage
*crickets* Yeah…I’m still here. I think with all the insanity that was during the paper process of adoption, I’ve needed some time to recover. I’ve been getting life back in order and doing things that went neglected for 3 months…like dusting. Plus I basically live at the baseball fields right now. I think baseball applies […]
Enter the Fray
I was totally one of those people before I had kids. Like, if I was out at a restaurant and your kid was acting a fool, I was silently judging you and your lack of control. Because you know, my (then fictional) kids would NEVER act like that. Hah! All the laughs, as I pretend to […]
Lessons I’m Learning In Parenting
So parenting is hard. If you’re a parent this isn’t some big news flash. From the minute you have this small living thing put in your arms that you are responsible of keeping alive, it’s hard. It takes every ounce of your being, and sometimes more. We’ve been walking through some challenges in parenting. Maybe […]
A Life of Sacrifice
Oh, hey blank empty space. It’s been like three weeks since I’ve been round here. I miss writing, and the processing that comes when I write. I’m actually missing a lot of things right now. Like creating, and reading…feeling like I have control over my life. I feel really overwhelmed right now. As we’ve worked […]
Adoption Update
If you follow me over on Instagram, you’ve probably noticed that we have hit some major adoption milestones. If you’re not sure what milestones there are for adoption or are unsure of some of the words I’m throwing around, please refer to my Adoption 101 post. We got our completed home study on Monday this […]
Adoption is Hard
I promised to be honest and open about the process of adoption as much I could be while I was going through it. While I have wanted to do just that, not only have we been crazy with actually adopting, but sometimes you feel all the feels so strongly you just need to keep your […]
Being Enough and the Snare of Perfectionism.
“I just want to be enough for you.” My heart poured itself out quicker than my mind was ready to. I was trying to explain myself, and clearly my heart was ready to do the talking. I haven’t been able to let that statement go since I uttered it. My heart revealed a lot in those […]
IF…
I woke up this morning feeling more like myself. It’s amazing what a night laughing with friends and sitting under incredible teaching can do for your soul. Next weekend I get to experience it again and gather with old friends, new friends, and strangers at my church to participate in IF:local, and I couldn’t be […]
Fundraising Sale/Adoption Update
The hard part of adoption and fundraising is that adoption is that both require a lot of WORK. I admittedly had grand fundraising ideas and schemes, and it was all left in the dust when handed the things that needed to be done to get my girl home. We hunkered down and got down to […]
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