This year the tears came as I heard a rough little voice, unaccustomed to singing hymns of thanksgiving and joy, lift up tenuous notes to sing with all the hosts of heaven and praise God for giving life and new life, death and resurrection, broken bodies and the promise of complete bodies in heaven.
So that was what I was planning on telling you yesterday. But then a miracle happened last night. Roman had a fantastic day.
What a week! What an incredible, wonderful, uplifting week!!! It started with Jasmine having a family commit to her, and now we are wrapping up the week with Emmaline having a family commit to her as well. Just like Jasmine’s family, Emmaline’s family has experience with her specific medical condition, they are experienced parents, and […]Read Post ›
Tomorrow is Angelina’s gotcha day, the day we take her from the orphanage, the day all our lives change forever. Gulp. People have asked how I feel, how did I prep for this moment? I’m happy to tell you that I have an awesome way to prepare for this day. I’ve been watching endless youtube […]Read Post ›
I’m an avid jigsaw puzzler, always have been, always will be. Unlike a lot of people, I’m totally fine with doing a puzzle over and over and over again. Even after a sibling has chewed the piece that completes the center of the red chrysanthemums (I’m looking at you, Andrew) or a few edge pieces […]Read Post ›
There are days in my life I will cherish forever, but I was not expecting yesterday to be one of those days. It was a breezy sunny morning. I had eaten a ham and cheese waffle sandwich for breakfast. It was normal shnormal kind of morning complete with workday traffic delays. I was not expecting to […]Read Post ›
He doesn’t know it yet, but our son’s new country is celebrating Independence Day today. In our family the 4th of July will also be a time to celebrate the new life our adopted children entered into this week. We had court today and received a wonderful ruling from the judge. There is now one […]Read Post ›
We have court dates for Angelina and Travis! Angelina’s adoption court will by on July 1st. Travis’ adoption court will be on July 4th. We had hoped to have earlier dates but with one thing and another such as holidays, people who need to sign important pieces of paperwork being gone on vacation, and non-adoption […]Read Post ›
Quick update for everyone. We are about to head to Travis’ orphanage for one last visit before leaving his region in order to meet Angelina. This will be our sixth day visiting him and I’ve been amazed at how responsive he has become to play. He remembers clapping games we’ve played with him, clearly loves […]Read Post ›
This morning we miraculously rolled out of bed to make it out the door in time for our second visit with Travis. (Just a reminder, Travis is his listed name on Reece’s Rainbow. Until our adoption is legally completed that is the name I’ll use for him.) Visiting hours are a two hour window in […]Read Post ›
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