Ty’s original referral picture So unlike biological children, parents do not look back on the birthdates of adoptive children and have memories of physical labor, hospital gowns, IVs, doctors, and nurses. When Ty was born 3 years ago today, he wasn’t even a hope, dream, or prayer for us. Mia was 18 months old […]
Foto Friday
And since we’ve no place to go… Let it snow… Let it snow… Let it snow! ———————————— Saturday was Ty’s first snow in America, but not first snow ever. This is him and his foster sister sometime last winter.
Christmas Came Early
Unlike the processes in many other foreign countries that allow children to be adopted into U.S. families, nothing legal happened while we were in Korea. I mean we didn’t do anything illegal. I just mean we didn’t appear before a judge, there was no courtroom, and no final adoption. We merely gained custody. Maybe the […]
Sometimes
We made a conscious decision when we started having children that I would be their full-time caretaker. I truly think it’s the best thing for my kids and I love having them in tow for most of their waking hours. But sometimes… …when I have to listen to screaming, crying, and whining at 8AM all […]
Project :: Tree
Operatives Mission: Search and destroy saw down Gear Phase One: The sawing Phase Two: The dragging Phase Three: The securing Phase Four: The standing Phase Five: The de-icing Phase Six: The lighting Phase Seven: The decorating Project Completion!
What's New?
You’ll notice some BlogHer advertising hanging around the blog now. Although I’m not a huge fan of such banners and ads, we saw it as an opportunity to raise money for Grafted Families. So a couple carefully selected ads seemed a small sacrifice to be able to promote God’s heart for orphans. On that note, […]
Bah Hum Bug
UPDATE: Apprently Our Daily Bread is thinking about this topic, too. Read Presents or Presence?. —————————– Original post follows… My kids: Mom, why don’t we decorate like that? (Pointing to a beautifully lighted house complete with candles in the windows, wreaths on the doors, and an inflatable Santa rocking on horse…yes, it was actually rocking back […]