Growling

If there’s anything worse for me than the waiting game in this adoption process, it’s the paperwork. Lordy, how I hated the paperwork stage. It’s not because it’s paperwork per se, but because for some reason I despise doing things that make no sense. Call me rational. Call me stubborn. Now, I realize that some [...]

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Catching up

It’s been a while. So much going on here and blogging ended up low on the priority list. Let’s start with some good news: On Friday we got some relief from our work woes, allowing us to breathe a little easier. We are grateful. 2011 has been no picnic so far. On the adoption front, [...]

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Ash Wednesday

Today the season of Lent begins. I feel like we’ve been living Lent for about six months already, so I’m not taking on too much this year. It’s enough for me right now to go deeper into what God has clearly been asking me for — to surrender, to choose gratitude, to live in the [...]

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16 months

I’m beginning to think we should have a cake and light some candles or something. Yesterday I put all of the adoption paperwork for our I600A renewal in the mail. Never thought we’d be doing that. Waiting seems to be the name of the game for us these days. We’re not only waiting for a [...]

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Fun on a Friday

At the risk of making any male readers here uncomfortable, here’s a conversation I had while freezing my little tush off in a johnny shirt at my ob-gyn’s office this morning: Dr. C: Well, it’s been a long time since you were here, we should probably check for STDs. Me: Um, that’s a little strange [...]

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