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Adoption|Blog|Inspirational|Interests|Lifestyle|Parenting
Posted: February 22, 2019 by
“She confidently trusts in the Lord to take care of her.” (Paraphrase of Psalms 112:7) This was a difficult lesson for me to learn because I thought I had always…
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In 2016, right around Christmas and in the middle of our first adoption, we signed the papers to adopt a second set of twins. Our family was about to grow…
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Today is Matthew’s 7th birthday. SEVENTH BIRTHDAY!
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Posted: October 12, 2017
Adoption 6 Month Post Placement Visit Has it already been 6 months? It’s hard to believe we were in Africa for 5 months, it is even harder to believe it’s…
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My father-in-law, our pastor, asked if we had heard anything about the court hearing. Matt spoke up, “No we haven’t, but it is very likely we have two more children now.” My heart sunk in discouraged disbelief. But I smiled in order to not show my feelings, distract others, draw attention to myself, or openly lose it.
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Sometimes, it is easier to ignore them. It hurts when I think of the children who are meant to be mine, but are not yet. The pain is difficult to understand. It is intricate and filled with a series of thoughts strung together leading themselves into limitless rabbit holes in a never ending day dream.
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Posted on 07/29/2016 BIG prayer recently answered: the home study is completed and in review!! This is such an exciting step in our process because we had a goal set to have…
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Posted on 03/21/2016 “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ” With the funds we have…
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Lifestyle | Adoption Update (February 26, 2016) Posted on 02/26/2016 “10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take…
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Five years ago God called us to adopt… We didn’t know why, or where we would come up with the finances, or how crazy and awesome our adoption story would be.
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