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It's Thanksgiving Week!!!  Hip, hip, hooray!  I just love Thanksgiving!  I have been so blessed by my Creator, and I just love that there is a special day set aside when everyone takes time to thank the Lord - or so I thought.  Unfortunately, I am hearing a lot of whining, complaining, griping, arguing, and… Continue reading Are You Thankful?

When Jamie and I started talking about marriage, we agreed that we felt God calling us to adopt.  For us, it was never a question of "if" but "when."  We waited a "respectable" (according to the trends of our circle of friends at the time) two years after getting married before we started trying to… Continue reading The Story of Us

Lately, it seems that I have been surrounded by people who don't want to believe in God - the Creator of our universe.  The One who gave His life for me!  I don't understand it, can't comprehend it.  And I find myself deep in sorrow for these people, who just don't seem to understand that… Continue reading Is It Worth It?

"Mommy, is God mean some times?"  This question was asked by my three-year-old tonight as she helped me prepare supper. "No, Honey, He's never mean.  But He is just." "What does 'just' mean?" "Well, it means that He can't allow us to get away with sin, so we have to be punished when we do… Continue reading Be Prepared

I have finally given in to early Christmas-decorating this year as my husband has brought our daughter over to his side!  It's hard to resist those big, brown eyes and that sweet, little voice begging me every day, "Can it be Christmas yet?"  So, yes, the Christmas lights are down, and Christmas music is playing… Continue reading This is the Day

This has been a weekend of adoption celebrations for us!  Like I said in my last post, November is National Adoption Month, and I just can't seem to say enough about this wonderful experience! Last night, we attended a fundraising banquet for an adoption agency.  While we did not adopt through this agency, it was… Continue reading I’m Adopted!

Did you know that November is National Adoption Month? Did you know that in 2009 the Federal Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) reported that there were over 400,000 children in the foster care system in the United States alone? Did you know that the Bible commands us to take care of… Continue reading National Adoption Month

I pray with my kids every night, and I have gotten into the habit of asking God to help them to "love Him with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength" (Mark 12:30).  It is something that I, of course, want desperately for them to do. But tonight at our church prayer meeting, I was… Continue reading With All My Soul

We don't celebrate Halloween at my house.  Or I should say that we don't dress up and go out trick-or-treating.  We do buy a little bit of candy to hand out to the kids because we have found that this is the ONLY time of year that the kids in our neighborhood will come out… Continue reading Happy Halloween?

I do not get a moment to myself - ever!  If I'm in the kitchen, I turn around and almost trip over Ephraim.  If I go to the bathroom, the kids (both of mine plus any I am watching that day) sit outside the door, crying and banging on the door until I emerge.  If… Continue reading I Will Follow