Ewww. Sorta kinda wish I hadn’t let you guys in on my Lenten plans. Cuz it’s not going so great. Not that anyone asked. I just felt like I should keep y’all posted. In case someone needed to feel better about how their Lenten plans have played out. Now I’m not sayin’ I’ve totally failed, y’all. Because I haven’t. Mmmm’kay?… Read More
blessings
Before winter break was officially over, we finally managed to find a pretty sweet spot to take the kids. And it was free. Not only free, it was right on the beach. Am I living in New England, or heaven? Nah. If this was heaven, it would have been 30 degrees warmer. And I’d be 10 pounds lighter and 20… Read More
I’m dyin’ here.
Admittedly, ‘dying’ might be a bit of an overstatement. But sometimes it feels that way. I started off this Lenten season with lots of resolve and determination. After all, I’d publicly shared with you guys that I was giving up something. Something I would miss every. single. day. And I have done just that. For exactly 5 days and 14… Read More
ponderings on Lent
I was raised Episcopal. And as a child, I remember discussions about what everyone was ‘giving up’ for Lent every year. My dad always gave up sweets. Like clockwork. I can’t remember what anyone else gave up because no one else in my family made it much past that first week. In my mind, Lent was sort of like a… Read More
few steps closer
We have a Consulate appointment. We have travel dates. We have plane tickets. We leave in 10 days. And I am completely and totally losing my mind with excitement. My tummy does flip flops when I think about how close we are to bringing Vivi home. I was in China with my sister this time last year. And had no… Read More
finding good
It’s all good. God has, once again, managed to change my perspective. Today I went in for a mammogram. Routine. No big deal. But when I was standing there, belly up to that ridiculously cold breast squashing machine and wondering if I put on enough deodorant, it started to dawn on me. Someone got the news today that she has… Read More
I *heart* Oswald
“There is only one relationship that really matters, and that is your personal relationship to your personal Redeemer and Lord. If you maintain that at all costs, letting everything else go, God will fulfill His purpose through your life. One individual life may be of priceless value to God’s purposes, and yours may be that life.” ~ Oswald Chambers
orphan Sunday
Today is Orphan Sunday. It is a day set aside for Christians everywhere to consider the plight of the orphan. And the role we might play in being Christ’s hands and feet to serve and care for orphans worldwide. From the Orphan Sunday website: On Orphan Sunday, Christians stand for the orphan. We are a people called to defend the… Read More
change of heart
I could positively, absolutely, drown in this boy’s eyes. Can someone tell me why most people who adopt from China prefer girls? It’s a rhetorical question, of course. I know the answer, because I once was ‘most people’. I’m so grateful God changed my heart.
sweetening the pot
In the summer of 2004, God opened my eyes to the orphan in China. This was a truly life changing moment for me as I had never even considered adoption before. Never. I, to be brutally honest, thought adoption was for people who were not able to have children biologically. But that all changed when my husband came to me… Read More
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