At first glance those words might not sound like they go together, but I believe they perfectly describe our life over the last 3 months. Let’s go back to the start of our trip. We left for Bulgaria on January 7th and flew out of Indianapolis Airport. We landed in Atlanta a short time later …
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Just Beginning
We’ve been working so hard on Givens’ room. It’s identical to having a new baby and the excitement of setting up the nursery before they arrive. These projects have kept my mind busy in the slower moments when it is hard not to let that anxiousness creep in over the waiting. It’s incredibly hard to …
Learning
We’re five weeks into our home schooling adventure and I have so many feelings about how it’s going. I suppose it might not seem like sharing this has much to do with our adoption, but to me, it’s like all the home preparations we did before we got started on this process. Our home had …
Homeschool
In just one week our spunky little lady is going to start her first year of preschool! She is so excited and so is her teacher. Her teacher being ME! The decision to home school our youngest children was so simple for us. As a teacher for 17 years, it feels nice to be excited …
Capable
Today: I sometimes write out a post and then let it sit on my computer for a time. For one reason or another, it is not the right time to share, but I still need to get the words out of my head. This is one of those posts. I wrote this while we were …
Checklist as of June 2021
We thought it was time for another look at our adoption checklist since it’s been a while and there has been a lot of progress AND we understand some of our next steps now. I simplified all the the narrative on old items and added new information in a different color so you can tell …
Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day. I cherish this day, not for being celebrated, but for the fact that I ‘get’ to be celebrated. I don’t need the presents, or the attention, or the special meal (although I’ll certainly take them along with all the extra hugs and affections!). The honor and blessing of being a mom …
Sharing
We chose to share. A lot of adoptive families do not share their journey and open their lives up for the public to view. They have some good and valid reasons for doing so and I completely respect them for that decision. I, however, always knew we would share for a slew of …
Outrageously Grateful
A few weeks ago we were watching church on-line and Levi Lusko, talking about man landing on the moon, said these words, “when a whole lot of people collectively pursue an outrageous mission.” It struck me then how much I related to what he had just said. To us, not that long ago (and sometimes …
Unsettled
Our little spitfire came into the living room about a week or so ago, clearly furious. Pinched eyebrows, pursed lips, little clenched fists – straight mad. She stomped her foot on the ground and said, “I want to see little brother!!” Me too baby girl, me too. I have no idea where this outburst …
The Other Side of Fear 