A Little Girl

Something wacky happened at work yesterday, and today while I was at Wal-Mart!

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Bestow

Rob bought some gifts for me the other day. I knew about them, but he wouldn’t give them to me. I wonder why……

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Constant

The Lord is constantly with me. He never leaves nor forsakes me.
I know that here on my blog, I show a one-sided image of myself. I show what I want you to see, usually, and I maybe make myself seem like “all that” and that I am perfect at everything and never struggle and never did anything [...]

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Little Socks

Rob showed great emotion over our future little ones when he got misty-eyed over some baby socks.

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Jay’s Boys

Of course you knew I’d do it… I signed up for “Little Men” and “Jo’s Boys” on DailyLit.
Last night was our final Foster Parent Training Class. It was quite a dull  training, in all, but we’re glad to have gotten through it and we’re nearly done with paperwork. The only thing left to do is [...]

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Marmee’s Wisdom

I just can’t help it. I have to share more of Marmee’s Wisdom from the book “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott:
 ”Have regular hours for work and play, make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.  Then youth will be delightful, old age [...]

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Whispering Hope

The weather in my heart this afternoon was bleak, but a series of events not under my own control led to unbelievable sunshine.
1. My Aunt Laurel called and asked us to pick up a batch of cookies from her home before we went to my folks’ for Easter Dinner/ Rob’s birthday. We got there and [...]

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Jagged Little Pieces

The jagged pieces of my broken heart are beginning to snag at the fabric of my life. I thought I was fine… dealing with everything from last week.  But I guess that was not so.
I hate feeling so moody and being grouchy and short-tempered. But that’s all I can come up with right now. Try [...]

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It Figures

In our Christmas Card from a dear friend, she wrote about a possible adoption and asked if Rob and I would be interested. We said YES. But the bio-mom was wanting to keep her baby. A few weeks ago, we found out that the bio-mom agreed to adopt out the baby. And last night we found out [...]

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Brother James’ Air

What a week.
Seven days ago, we began our Foster Parent training. We learned somewhere along the way that our other family-making option is doubtful. We did lots of talking and praying and lots of crying. It’s just too much stress to get hopes up and then wait. I’m glad things are how they are now… [...]

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ABC’s of Jay’s Morning

Abandoned, blue, crushed, drear.
I felt it this morning when I woke up. First thing, the tears started.
Embarassed, foolish, gloomy, hopeless.
But it wouldn’t stay that way for too long. Something had to change.
Irresolute, jumpy, kicked, lonely.
We prayed and then I felt something different.
Mercies, new, openness, peace.
The peace which passes understanding, my friends.
Quiet, rest, smiles, thankful.
Full of thanks [...]

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When Things Don’t Go Our Way

I got an email from a dear friend last night, that would almost lead me to believe that Rob and I “jumped the gun” about something very important to us. The details are not important right now, but this is: what we do when things don’t go our way.
When things don’t go our way, do [...]

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Foster Training 101

Today was our first session of Foster Training. I learned things today that made my heart sick…
 

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Mag Family Update

I’ve written a few times about the Mag family, whose 19-year-old son had a blood clot in his brain on the day of his graduation openhouse last May, and who’s been completely paralyzed since. His family is completely amazing.
Rob and I traded our double bed with them for a set of bunk beds for when [...]

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