Tag Archives: adoption

From Trash to Treasure

Ever since we found our crib on Craig’s List, I’ve been a bit addicted. My friend Amanda is a professional Craig’s List shopper and she told me exactly what to look for to find a dresser for Maya’s room. I’ve been searching for a few weeks and always seem to find something a day too...

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Getting some ink

Before we started the adoption process, I can’t say that I ever expected to be getting letters from the Department of Homeland Security. How things change! We have been waiting for a couple of weeks to get our fingerprinting appointment and it arrived this week! We are so excited and so close to being finished...

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Yes, I am going there…

If you are my friend you know this, if you are Chris’ friend and just getting to know me, you may have suspected this, but I am a complete failure at beating around the bush. I can’t do it. I don’t understand it.  It is a waste of everyone’s time. I want truth. So forgive...

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We are almost there: Notarizing

We are coming to the end of our “paper pregnancy.” We are still waiting on the official copy of our homestudy, but all of our other paperwork is collected. Chris and I have been waiting on our life insurance policies to be approved so we could get them notarized along with several other forms. Mrs....

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What can you do? Clean Water

We are Christ’s hands and feet. It is through us that He heals, loves, and provides for those in need. Matthew 25 says: “Then the King will say to those on the right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I...

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