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Created For Care
The Lord is doing some amazing stuff. He has put together a retreat for adoptive moms, which was originally supposed to be 25 people, with maybe 25 back up spots reserved just in case. In one week, 250...
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Dave Ramsey is kicking my "hiney"!!!!
So it is January 31rst and I never thought we would make it! The fridge is empty... aside from about 10 things, but we did it!!!! No one went hungry, no one complained... no one noticed. I noticed of...
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Created for Care Retreat
Do you ever feel stumped how to communicate what has happened to you sometimes in life? After getting home from the adoptive mommas retreat, it is difficult for me to put into words all that occured. I...
View ArticleBreast feeding or not breast feeding...
So in the past month, I have had numerous experiences where like at the beginning of motherhood whether or not you breastfed became a choice of "which camp you are in". I have seen this in a lot of...
View ArticleGrace
With each day that goes by and little more age is added to my days, I am learning just how uncomfortable I am with "mess"... the mess inside each of us, the mess in others, and even the physical mess....
View ArticleFormulas...
This is from Beth Moore's blog on Living Proof Ministries... it spoke volumes to me about how we try to reproduce a formula as to how God speaks and how we learn it one way and think we can predict Him...
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Welcome home Valor!
Little Valor came home with our friends a month ago... to be on the other end waiting in the airport was surreal. It brought back so many memories of when we brought Andrew and Sydney up the escalators...
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One month of our life
In the past month, circumstances have not been going in the smooth way you would dream of as a little girl. I will just recap it to give insight into one month of our lives... 1. I got the flu for a...
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Nana
Nana was 91 years old and what a lady! Her presence was just sweet and smiley. From knowing her for the past 15 years, I could have NEVER guessed her story. Some people you just make assumptions and...
View ArticleFunny adoption moment
I had friend call me up this week and ask for my forgiveness... of course, I am thinking, uh oh, what did I do or what did she do. She confessed that when she talked with me a year or two ago about...
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Present moment
The Lord is speaking to me a message I have ignored for quite some time... it is NOW. It is living in the NOW, not the past and not the future. I have had seasons of my life where I live in the past...
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Giving advice...
I had to put Sydney in her princess dress that a dear friend I ran into at Old Navy bought her...she asks for it every other day with her tap shoes.Something I have been reflecting on this week was the...
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Some tough memories...
I am not one to put horrible pictures of myself up for people to see, but I came across these tonight and wow, did it take me back. When I was pregnant with Bobby I found out at 14 weeks I had a...
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Little Thomas
I am on a roll tonight... here are some pictures of Thomas when he was born...look at my young husband. 10 years can really change a lot. Look at how I got to take a nap... :)
View ArticleIn the moment with Syd
On Saturday, we had nothing on the calendar and had a yard day of little things to do, along with some slide n'slide fun as well. The kids have begged me since February to get it out, and I told them...
View ArticleWhat if your blessings come through raindrops
One of my favorite singers is Laura Story and her new song, "Blessings" gives me chills every time I listen. Here is the chorus:Cause what if Your blessings come through raindropsWhat if Your healing...
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From surrender to abandon... Sydney's expression captures it
When I slow enough to ponder what the Lord is up to and his grand plans, I often wonder how it is that He can bring all of these little yet so BIG truths to our minds and refine us without us knowing...
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Ah HA!!!!1
The expression on Sydney's face is God providing the desires of your heart...Through this entire process I have wondered, will God provide the most affordable, ugly house that we will love because we...
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Even the sparrow has found a home...
Waiting on finding a home was more challenging than I had imagined. The Lord continually led me to the verse, "Even the sparrow has found a home, a swallow a nest for herself, a place to raise her...
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