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Twitter UpdatesYesterday was Jadon’s second homecoming day and we had a FABULOUS time!!! It was so much fun because he is starting to understand and get excited about stuff like this. He FULLY understood that the day was all about him, and by the end of the day it was starting to show in his attitude. [...]
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2 years ago yesterday JADON was given to us for FOREVER! It is an amazing, mind blowing day.
But, at the same time, it was a rough, heartbreaking day. 2 years ago, he also left the arms of his foster mother, Rosalyn, who had cared for him since birth. I knew it was heartbreaking and tragic [...]
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It is on my heart to post more about adoption. I have so much passion for families created and separated by adoption that I want to share more on the topic.
I will start with a part of an email I received from one of my favorite adoption authors. She is an honest and real [...]
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We spent Memorial Day in St Louis with our good friends we met in Guatemala. They live within a couple hours from St Louis in the opposite direction so we met up for the weekend. Jadon and Hudson rode to the US on the same plane so it is so great to see them begin [...]
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Some thoughts on today.
Until I was 26, I took Mother’s Day for granted. I had mother’s and grandmothers who I loved and would send cards to in the beginning May. I planned on becoming a mother myself, when I felt like it.
For several years Mother’s day was a painful day for me. I wanted [...]
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I just had to share this picture because I love it!!!!!!!!
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I get an adoption news letter and this was in it today.
U.S. FORESEES END TO GUATEMALA’S HALT OF INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTIONS
The president of the Directive Council of the National Council on Adoption (CNA) in Guatemala confirmed that no new international adoption cases would be accepted so that the country can focus on establishing accreditation [...]
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WHAT!?!?!?!?
This is what someone said, who has known Josh and I for almost 6 years, when Josh told them we are pregnant!
The fear that people will think this of our family (and all the assumptions that go with it) were one of the first things that went through our minds when the pregnancy test [...]
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I value learning from different people’s perspectives. Sometimes I’ve been weighed down by people out to prove that adoption isn’t the answer to the evil of poverty.
I don’t think it’s the only answer. But, God fills me up with the truth that it is one incredible, amazing answer that he has established.
Here’s how He’s done [...]
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If you are here from Heather’s blog, keep scrolling down. Last week I reminisced about our trip to get Jadon 1 year ago. Start here if you want to, that’s where we began remembering our journey to pick up our baby.
Yesterday was our very first “Jadon Day,” the day we celebrate Guatemala and Jadon coming [...]
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