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what 10 years looks like.

what 10 years looks like.

We spent this weekend reminiscing. A lot. It was 10 years ago that we were in China for the first time. Holding a feisty, determined, pint-sized survivor, with a half-dollar sized hole in her heart. I still remember how it felt as those last moments inched by before I would finally become her mama: standing in a smoke-filled room, my… Read More

06.01.15 · adoption, Isabelle, memory lane

one year with Tallula

one year with Tallula

A year. A whole, entire year. I looked back and reread few of my favorite posts from our China trip, because it’s honestly hard for me to believe it’s been that long since… Tallula day and Tallula day video. Getting to know a bit about Tallula. Taking pictures of Tallula in her Chinese silks on Shamian Island. And finally, on… Read More

04.23.13 · celebrations, memory lane, Tallula 26

Vivi-isms

Vivi-isms

This girl. She is 4 going on 24. And she has the mouth to match. Loves. To. Talk. Occasionally, she makes a funny. And we all proceed to laugh hysterically. Then we all add whatever ‘Vivi-ism’ she made up to our daily conversations. Because Vivienne is sort of addictive that way. In a conversation with herself while playing with her… Read More

10.23.12 · memory lane, Vivienne 21

hello, summer.

hello, summer.

I didn’t get it done. The weather simply has refused to cooperate with my plans to get a Sunday Snapshot of the birthday boy. But I’m not giving up. For now, since the weather still doesn’t look like it’s going to cooperate, I must move on. School is out. And as I’ve done in years past, I’m doing a quick… Read More

06.12.12 · Dalton, Isabelle, Jude, memory lane, Sophie 13

remembering 2011

I have been wanting to do a ‘year-in-review’ of 2011 for a while. But it sounds sooo much easier than it is. Every time I would start thinking of every thing that transpired in 2011 – no matter where my thoughts would begin – they always took me to the same place. Esther. Man, that sadness just does not go… Read More

01.04.12 · blogging, memory lane, my faith 10

Say whaaaaattt??

Today marks three years since I began this blog. Three years and 555 posts, to be exact… can you believe it?! In the scope of things, three years isn’t that long… but when I look back, I am amazed at all that has occurred since this little blog made it’s largely completely unnoticed debut. We started out with a bang:… Read More

01.28.09 · memory lane 94

I'm Stefanie. Wife to one, mom to 13. Occasional blogger and t-shirt maker. Wannabe photographer and exerciser. Constant grace-needer and orphan advocator. more
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our china journeys

magnolia - 2016
clementine - 2014
tallula - 2012
penelope - 2011
vivienne - 2010
shepherd - 2008
jude - 2007
sophie - 2006
isabelle - 2005

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affording adoption
God and me.
Vivi's diagnosis
the ugly, beautiful truth
special needs: my .02
my testimony
dear anonymous
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