He has gone from a Ukrainian hospital.... To a Ukrainian orphanage... Alone. With no family. No Mama. No Daddy. No brothers or sisters... Unwilling to make eye contact. Unsure of how to play. Unaware of people around him... Living in an orphanage. Destined to a life in an asylum because he has an extra chromosome.... Continue Reading →
I met Adam in the doctor's office at the orphanage in Kharkov, Ukraine.He was our "plus one."Our last minute addition.I have had lots of questions about how the "Hey Nigel, I think I'll bring home two boys" conversation went. How do you ask your husband at the last minute if two boys are acceptable? I... Continue Reading →
Well, friends...My bathroom smells perpetually of poop. One of our teeny boys (ahem, Asher) uses bath time to evacuate his intestines. I use post-bath-time trying to convince Nigel that I am too dainty to clean poop from a tub...it works. Some of the time.Sweet Asher.Our first face-to-face meeting was February 8th.I knew very little about... Continue Reading →
Well, my friends...we are home.My sister and I survived.I am doing the "nutshell" version of our trip....stay with me....We left the USA...on a plane.I turned into a wackadoo before we even took off.Apparently, when given situations of high stress (like leaving kids for long periods of time and adding new kids) I just lose my... Continue Reading →
Well my friends,We are packing and preparing.My sister and I should be leaving for Eastern Europe in a few weeks.To get a little boy.This little boy has been listed for adoption since he was an infant.He is almost four now.When we found out about Auggie, I was just so confused.We really considered stopping the process... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, while waiting in line for Thunder Railroad...We found out that Auggie is no longer available for adoption.His biological family is planning to take him out of the orphanage.And I began to grieve and rejoice.Auggie's family wants him. And that IS amazing.But I still miss him.We were and are aware that children can become unavailable... Continue Reading →
I found out how fragile life is this week.Everyone says it, but you just don't feel it until death finds someone you love.My grandmother passed away last Friday.She slipped from this life quietly into the next.She was an old lady.The most heart wrenching part of the week was being around my grandfather. He would not... Continue Reading →
When we committed to adopting Auggie we were introduced to a whole world of other children needing families. One teeny boy, in particular, stuck in my mind.This is Royce:He is in the same country as Auggie. He has Cerebral Palsy like Auggie, too.I started asking friends if they had space for one more.I started posting... Continue Reading →
Every year facebook blows up with the annual Christmas debates.Kind, wonderful, sweet people who I know to be Christians heap on the annual holiday guilt.I find I have committed all kinds of Christmas sin.Time for a couple of confessions. Sigh.1. I have been known to say "Happy Holidays!"Not with any ill will, or Jesus-defiling heart.... Continue Reading →
We get comments..."You are SO brave to bring your day care to the store!""You have your hands full!""You brought the zoo!"And the questions..."Which ones are yours?" I kind of hate that question...the answer is: All of them"Can't you have kids?" As far as I know, we can. Although, it is an odd question. Hey lady, is your... Continue Reading →
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