TC does not like me to tell his story.And since it is his story, not mine...I won't.But I do have permission to show pictures.And tell you a little from my perspective.So...let's do this.This is TC...As you can see, he takes after his dad.If there is a camera around, he is not going to just "say... Continue Reading →
Another birthday...Judsen is turning ELEVEN! He is so old.Beginnings.Judsen had one of the most difficult beginnings. He still deals with the aftermath.Just like everyone who has begun life in a brutal manner.This boy...our 3rd in order of age, but our first adoption came screaming into our lives...and I literally mean SCREAMING at the absolute tip... Continue Reading →
Yesterday...I took one child to the doctor, waited for two hours...and never saw a pediatrician. Children started getting cranky.I then took myself to the doctor and they chopped a hunk of skin off of me to test for skin cancer. Ew and scary. I almost fainted. Judsen fanned my face and the nurse put a... Continue Reading →
Grocery Shopping.Get ready. Child: MOM!!! Did you KNOW that elephants poop babies out of their BEHIND!??Me: I did not know...but I am pretty sure that is inaccurate information.Which of course set me up for:Child: Inaccurate, you mean wrong?? How do elephant babies get out? And how do they get in there in the first place??Me:... Continue Reading →
I have expectations about our morning routine. We have a neatly laid out plan that consists of waking up at 6:30, eating breakfast at the table, doing chores, doing music practice, Bible reading, all ending neatly, quietly, peacefully, with all the children at the table at 8AM ready for lessons. I really do have this... Continue Reading →
I do lots of ordering around here.My children call it "bossing." They might be right.I have come to enjoy these orders...It really does amuse me, maybe because Iam genuinely shocked at the some of wild situations that I feel I need to clarify for the kids. I am sure moms everywhere have their list of odd orders that they have... Continue Reading →
foster children... In our country, there is somewhere around 410,000 children in foster care on any given day. Roughly 110,000 of these children are available for adoption. The average age of a waiting child is 8-years-old. Each year, over 20,000-30,000 youth “age out” of foster care. This means 20,000-30,000 new 18-year-olds are released from the... Continue Reading →
This week the kids and I are reading a book called Kisses from Katie. This book is about a 19 year-old-girl who goes to Uganda to do a 3 week mission trip and then ends up moving there indefinitely. (In a nutshell) It is an oh snap book.Oh SNAP is a phrase brought into our... Continue Reading →
We started fostering because I couldn't say no...to a 2-year-old little boy that had been so brutalized that he had black eyes,teeth marks all over his body, head trauma, broken ribs and healed broken ribs...and in child abuse, healed broken ribs just meansit has happened before.He screamed and screamed He still screams sometimes.I couldn't ignore... Continue Reading →
We're baaaaaack....mooohahaha!We survived the trip. We had a great time. We ate too much food and stayed up too late. We got to hang out with my parents and sisters and their husbands and my two nephews.Family trips are always a learning experience...I love that. I learned this is the funniest sign ever to be... Continue Reading →
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