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 are aaalllll done except for one hunk of paper that we are waiting and waiting for. It is the 171-h. I am not really sure what purpose it serves, except that I have to have it. And it has something to do with immigration. When it is delivered there is a possibility I will kiss the... Continue Reading →
Ever since we have committed to adopting Auggie, I have been noticing a pattern. A pattern of complaining about blessings. Whining about privileges. I think we have always done this, I just haven't noticed quite how much until confronted with the reality of adopting another child. A child in a poverty-ridden country. A child with... Continue Reading →
Friends, Since we committed to Auggie on September 30 we have done mountains of paperwork. MOUNTAINS. Every minute, minuscule crack and crevice of our life is now documented. Everyone should be pleased to know that I tested negative for syphilis and gonorrhea.Eastern Europe will know me better than my own mother. We have FOUR major documents we are waiting... Continue Reading →
We are taking one of our kids to a new doctor.I know we need to go. I don't want to.My son is a little older now. And he is starting to wonder why he screams and other kids don't. And why sleeping is so difficult.And why the way things feel can make him throw a... Continue Reading →
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