I ran across this post written by Gwenn Mangine, an adoptive mom, a few days ago and thought I’d share. Abandonment vs. Surrender As and adoptive mother, sometimes I run into people who are pretty uneducated about adoption. I am not counting this as a fault, they are just uneducated. And if they’ve never been...
. . . why I like ETSY so much . . . Ely over at Blue Dove Studio has some VERY cute jewelry. These two just happened to show up in my mailbox today! I would highly recommend her shop. Her merchandise photos are great, she provides detailed information about her products, they shipped &...
The boys were out of school for Good Friday last week, so we headed to Grundy Forest State Park to camp Thursday night. Once there, we hiked in 1/2 mile to our campsite, set up the tent, and started a fire. We roasted hot dogs and also made smores. It was so much fun! The...
I’ve seen THESE Easter Cookies (a.k.a. “Empty Tomb Cookies” or “Resurrection Cookies”) for years now and have never gotten around to making them with the boys. I decided that this would finally be the year, so we made them last night. I really like that it provided a new way to talk to them about...
I did a 10-day water fast recently (yes, you read that right – not a single bite of food for 10 days), and since then I’ve been trying to make very healthy choices when it comes to what foods I eat. I was able to detox from sugar and everything else during the fast, and...
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{We sponsor Umalu in Uganda, and I refer to him as the first little boy in Africa that I ever loved!}
