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It’s raining now… It’s going to rain… It just stopped raining. Yikes, I’ve never seen a black bear that close before! Wow, those (mountains, rocks, trees, rapids, etc…) are beautiful! Who wants to sit on the front porch with Mama and watch the clouds go by? Ellie, are there anymore snails in your pocket? No, Daddy didn’t catch any fish. Wait, [...] We watched E.T. last night with the girls. I was pretty much exactly Hannah’s age when the movie came out (1982). What an amazing movie. The last thing both girls did last night as I tucked them in was stick out their fingers and touch mine saying, “Oouuccchh.” Love is timeless, afterall. (Ellie said E.T. is brown like her. Sometimes [...] Hannah is 8 1/2. She is doing a lot of growing up these days. Sometimes it just smacks me in the forehead how much she is changing. Ryan was traveling all last week and when he got home I was filling him in on how challenging it had been all week to understand where Hannah [...] A few weeks ago I heard that there are no bugs in Colorado. For several days I asked whomever I was talking to – polling them really – to be sure before I “whooped” in excitement. It’s been my favorite topic of conversation lately. It’s true. You can leave the doors open with no screens.You don’t have to [...] Ellie made a craft for our next door neighbor, Ian, this morning. The next thing I knew, I glanced out the window and she was at the mailbox trying to figure out how to reach the handle to put her craft inside. (I know, I should have been paying more attention, but Hannah and I were [...] What could be a better thing to look forward to than spending a sunny morning in the park with a lovely view of the mountains with new friends? Sure beats math and grammar by a mile! Actually, since we are spending the morning in the park, we will be spending the afternoon with math and grammar and [...] I bet you know that Mother’s Day is tomorrow. A lesser known fact, outside of the adoption community, is that the Saturday before Mother’s Day is set aside to honor birthmothers. Circumstances that surround the decision to make an adoption plan are diverse and innumerable -youth, poverty, sickness, oppression. It is a valiant decision – one [...] ….really, it is just how you think about it. I weighed this situation very carefully – great, worthwhile field trip for Hannah vs. potential irritability, whininess out of Ellie….I decided to be pro-active with a promise of a treat. So, in the end, I got the behavior I wanted out of my three year old on a [...] There were a couple of referrals last week for bitty, baby boys. It was suprising to everyone since it hasn’t been a whole month since the last referrals. There were also some successful court dates, some upcoming court date notifications, and several families who were in-country meeting their newest family members! What a busy week! No [...] I like to record the date of when I have significant thoughts of Treasure: I awoke very early this morning after having dreamed of Treasure. I could have sworn “*he” was in bed sleeping between Ryan and me. Our new fuzzy headed, diapered-bottom, blankie-grasping, footy-pajamaed, softly snoring little treasure. That would really be something because we’ve never [...] |
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