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Sponsorship, Advertising, Recommendations, etc.

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Hey friends. I just wanted to let you all know that I’m gradually going to be adding some recommendations to my sidebar. Some are paid-for sponsorships/ads; some are not. Any clickin’ you feel like doing will be greatly appreciated by me, and by my sponsors. The only way they will be there is if they [...]

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Adopting Brody {my journal}

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Today our little Bro-Bro is two months old! I thought it was about time I shared my thoughts on our adoption process. These were the journal entries I wrote as we were progressing, starting with the first meeting with Brody’s birthparents. I decided to post it all in one place for easy archiving, so please [...]

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Announcing Our New Bundle of Joy

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Meet Brody. He came home with us on April 10, 2010. We are overcome with gratitude. I’ll be taking a little break from blogging to soak it all up… wouldn’t you? More later… xoxo, the family of FOUR

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His Word in My Heart: April 2010

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My friend Heidi and her husband are in Africa right now, picking up their new son Ezekiel from Rwanda. This was a verse {Habakkuk 2:3} she posted on her blog recently and it really spoke to me. God truly has given us a vision of adoption. Our hearts have been forever changed through being on [...]

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His Kingdom vs. The World

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Wow. I just came across an amazing post I had to share. I think I found it via someone on Twitter, but I’m not even sure now. Please go read it, and then I’d love to hear your thoughts on it. I absolutely love how she makes a distinction between happiness and contentment, because I [...]

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Encyclopedia of Me: A

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A is for Adoption Right now, the only word that comes to mind for the letter A has to be adoption. It’s a pretty consuming topic around these parts. We think often about our baby that will someday join our family, and try to wait patiently for the Lord’s timing. I feel like everywhere we [...]

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An Adoption Story

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Did you know that I have a sister-in-law whose family is amidst the paper pregnancy of adoption right now, too? They are adopting their second Korean child (and also have a biological son). Stacey just posted a little teaser of her story of adopting Reuben from Korea. You can read it here and be sure [...]

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All I Want For My Birthday is Our Baby

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I’ve been updating and adding to my wish list lately. Because soon, I’ll be 29 (A couple of months ago, I honestly had to stop and think whether I was turning 30 this year or not. It took a minute to remember I wasn’t. One more year in my 20s!). I think having a winter [...]

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Compassion for Haiti

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com⋅pas⋅sion a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That’s exactly what I’m feeling for the people of Haiti right now. I feel sorrow, with the desire to somehow help alleviate their suffering. My heart is burdened for the [...]

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Up-and-Running Adoption Fundraisers

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Update: We are meeting with our agency director on Monday to turn in our family portfolio copies and to wrap up loose ends and make sure we’re all on the same page. We’ll also be meeting the other social worker that we’ll be in contact with from now on. Making more progress! And now, I’m [...]

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