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Jerks never get cancer
This week is National Infertility Awareness Week, and I typically share information about our story and how to talk to others facing this silent sadness. What to say and not to say, etc. But this...
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B is for bunny
We spent two weeks learning the B sound and about Easter. The kids had fun creating these letter B bunnies. They got in some good writing practice. I am just amazed at how far Little Lady has come...
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The best gift this Mother’s Day
This Sunday will be the first Mother’s Day weekend in several years that I have not had to make up some trip I had to take over the weekend to avoid the awkwardness, the grief, the ugly cries that...
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Remembering the journey on Memorial Day 2014
In October, I attended a conference near this hotel, The Hilton Hill Country Resort and Spa near Sea World in San Antonio, Texas. One morning bright and early before my meetings began, I got one of...
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Redacted files are in -moving forward!
The redacted files were released this week. This was one of the last steps to finalizing the adoption. We went to the CPS office to read about our Children’s’ painful past. This stack of papers was...
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When children pray
Our day of reading the CPS redactive files was the longest I’ve been away from the little guys since they moved in. Little Man grabbed my hand several times yesterday and today and said, “forever and...
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ADOPTION: The goal is connection
Keeping Connection as the Goal from Tapestry on Vimeo. When David and I were preparing to be foster/adoptive parents, we put in a lot of training hours and read a lot of books. We highlighted and took...
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An adoptive mom holds her child for the first time
I always imagined the first time I would hold my daughter. The nurse would bring her to us wrapped in pink. I would sob tears of joy while my husband put his arm around both of us. Surely you have...
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Adoption is not a cure or provision for infertility
November 22, 2011. IVF #1. Four years of trying. Countless infertility treatments. Finally, a positive pregnancy test. Hallelujah Angels sing and hope washes over me at last. But week 7, we lost our...
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What an Addison’s Crisis looks like, acute adrenal failure
A few weeks ago, I came home from church to find my mom more tired than usual. I had noticed she had been sleeping a lot the last few days and had not joined us for dinner. I made her a sandwich and...
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