Tweet Guess what day it is?!?! It’s my amazing husband’s birthday today. In honor of his birthday we’re doing a fun fundraiser (yes, fundraisers can be fun!) for our adoption. $5 on the 5th A few weeks ago I had the thought, what if we could get all of our friends on Facebook & Twitter [...]
[Continue reading...]Adoption Update: 2.2.13
2 Feb posted by
Tweet Where we’re at: It’s been one month since we submitted our adoption application and we’ve been on the receiving end of large pdf files ever since. They came in increments, so at first it was manageable. This isn’t that bad, I thought, after receiving the first two. But then when that last 28-page home [...]
[Continue reading...]….and my life was changed.
27 Jan posted by
Tweet South Bay Church is coming up on its fourth anniversary. Can you believe it’s been FOUR years?! Filipe and I joined the team when our hearts connected with the vision, and we believed we could be a part of changing lives in the Bay area. That’s why we came. Here we are four years [...]
[Continue reading...]My Birthday Boy & Amazing Grace
25 Jan posted by
Tweet Today is your birthday, and you’re sick with the flu. I’m so sorry. Your fever’s coming down and we’re all believing you’ll be better for your party tomorrow. Efraim, I can’t believe you are three years old. You are most definitely not a baby anymore, and while you’ll always be a baby in my [...]
[Continue reading...]Saying Goodbye
21 Jan posted by
Tweet Life has a way of happening whether we’re prepared for it or not. Sometimes we plan it, and other times it plans us. My parents came to visit the week after Christmas. They had spent Christmas day and a few days following with my grandparents and other family members in Orange County, CA. When [...]
[Continue reading...]Join the Army
11 Jan posted by
Tweet There is a whole lot more to adoption than simply caring for children. If that’s ALL it took, then I think there would be a lot less orphans on this earth. (At least I would hope so.) Tragically, because of the people who exploit and abuse children (and maybe others who want to send [...]
[Continue reading...]Care For Them
9 Jan posted by
Tweet “Do you know what you are getting yourself into?”, asked the salon technician. Filipe and I were on a marriage getaway in Carmel, and I had dropped into a local day spa to get my eyebrows waxed. Soon the technician and I started talking about being moms, and the inevitable question (to a mom [...]
[Continue reading...]BIG Announcement
7 Jan posted by
Tweet I’m thrilled to finally share some exciting news with you. Our family is getting bigger, much bigger! That’s right. WE ARE ADOPTING! On January 1st, we sent our application to America World Adoption and, on Friday, January 4th, we were approved for their Brazil program. So somewhere right now in Brazil is a sibling group who will [...]
[Continue reading...]Dear Two Thousand Thirteen,
3 Jan posted by
Tweet You have a lot to live up to. Two thousand twelve was quite a year. It started with high hopes and big dreams, and within the first month those hopes were met with disappointment and frustration. It brought some pain and challenges. It brought new discoveries and learning. It required stretching and growing, but [...]
[Continue reading...]Merry Christmas
24 Dec posted by
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