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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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… [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Today was our first session of Foster Training. I learned things today that made my heart sick…
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 [...]
This beautifully sunshiny day, my darling love is at a Pastor’s Conference just a dozen miles away. The shadows from the trees and the remnants of the garden outside my window are playing across the glittery snowbank next to the house. My heart is soaring.
No reason why, really. Just cherished time to myself, along with [...]
Waiting, waiting, waiting. I have heard the good news, now just waiting until it’s time.
Today at work I became very discouraged. I don’t want to be there (at Work) anymore. It’s not bad… in fact, it’s very very good. But my heart is somwhere else, about 2,028 miles away. According to Google Maps, it would [...]
I’m reading Emma again. I do love reading Jane Austen, but then it makes me talk like her… and at this moment I’m Miss Bates- oh have you heard that the watched pot never boils? Oh, said I, that is what my grandmama always used to say, and right she was, for it seems to [...]
I adore Pinky and The Brain, the cartoon. Not because it’s amazing or fills a deep-seated need. I love it because of the Pinky-and-The-Brain-isms, such as this:
Ponderings
“Pinky, are you pondering what I’m pondering?”
I think so, Brain, but where are we going to find a duck and a hose at this hour?
“Pinky, are you pondering what [...]
