Author Archives: admin Time to pull out the Fall wreaths…or if last year’s is old and dingy…hit the fabric scraps pile and whip out one of these! (Shared this last year but love it so much here it is again!) Instead of using brads—I wanted to use hotglue because I have little ones who like to occasionally pull […]  “Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.” Psalm 55:22 Does your “to do” list for the days ahead every seem impossible?? “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7 This is one of those weeks that I’ll be […]  Things aren’t always what they appear to be. We are in the midst of a series at my church about the HARD sayings of Jesus. One of Jesus’s last miracles during his last week of ministry was when He cursed the fig tree. ALL of Jesus’s other miracles had been LIFE GIVING miracles. This one–He […] Beautiful truth! I am amazed how God keeps leading me down this path. I am laying in bed and asking Him how? and then I pulled your blog up on my phone! I have had so many big neon signs flashing at me the past few days and I am unsure why I continue to question Him. So So true… thanks for the reminder. And wow, amazing how far Isaac has come! What a cutie though from day one! 🙂  *Names have been changed in this post to respect privacy To think as children… For 7 years, I’ve been a mommy. I spend 4/5 of my time with my littles (the other 1/5 I’d say I’m sleeping…but not sure if now a days I really get that much sleep!) We made the decision to homeschool […] Oh Andrea, LOVE this. Love it Love it Love it! My favorite color is also pink! I love to wear dresses. They make me feel pretty. I also love to dance. I’ve danced for 24 years and recently gave it up when I went to work full time. It’s where the Lord has me right now, but boy do I miss dancing!! This is a precious post and helps to remind me to get back to the Heart of people. Thank you. So special! I love talking to older people. During my high school years I cleaned six different houses…all owned by older people. I had the BEST conversations about life…they have so much history…:)One lady told me, “I LOVE everybody even though I don’t always love what they do” that has stuck with me and it makes it easier to talk to my children about other people 🙂 The color I absolutely love is purple. I have something purple (a pillow, a vase, a candle) in each room of my house. And I absolutely loved your post, Andrea. My daddy is 90 and he has dementia. As I have seen him become more confused and disheartened by his current state, I’ve wondered if he is going to remember his faith. I so don’t want him to lose that. So your story of your granddaddy Frank was very precious and reassuring to me. Thank you. I read your blog almost daily, but I don’t think one has every touched me so deeply! When did we forget how to love and encourage each other? When did we forget that if it’s important enough for somebody else to say, it’s important enough for us to listen to? What a beautiful reminder today. My grandfather died a couple of years ago in an Alzheimer’s unit and I hope he had visitors like you to listen to his same stories over and over and brighten his days. Thank you for this. And my favorite color is purple. 🙂 I read often, but rarely comment. I just had to say this encouragement – really shows me how we make life TOO complicated – it all really boils down to Him and loving Him, and loving others – and it looks more simple than we make it…thank you for the reminder. my favorite color is blue. and this is so beautiful and true. I hope I can stay young and old at heart throughout these inbetween years 🙂 Your favorite color is pink?!?! That’s a beautiful color!! I think you should wear a pink shirt today! 🙂 my favorite color is teal!! You’re amazing! Oh wow!!! My emotions are in overdrive. This is so true. Simple. Why can’t we all just love each other. Loved your words! It is so true, I think it was one reason I was a teacher before staying home. Thank you so much for sharing that! Such a beautiful truth. ;o) My husband always said children are so special because they JUST came from Heaven, straight from the arms of Jesus, more recently than anyone else! Hang out with a child and you learn a lot about our loving God ;o) Always a cool thing for me to think about. Hope you have a great weekend! my favorite color is purple. But even more than purple, I really like sparkly things. They make me feel like a princess. I relate better with children as well. Yesterday I got told I looked like a monster, that my hair is too long, and that I could be the prince while we played pretend. But I also got invited to spend the night, that my new friends wished I lived in their guest house, and I got to remind little princesses that they are loved and beautiful in God’s eyes. It was the best day. What a wonderful story this is. Thank you for sharing it and writing from your heart. 🙂 I LOVE this post and the heart with which it was written! Love God and Love Others – why is it so hard to get sometimes! 🙂 Thanks for the precious stories, the smiles, and the encouragement! Amen. Is this my first comment on here? I can’t remember but I’ve enjoyed your blog for about 6 months. I’m not an adoptive parent but the Lord has been dealing with me about ministering to widows and the fatherless and your blog is such an encouragement as a mom (I have one 5 year old daughter) and as a Christian woman. This is a beautiful post…thank you for this! I take my 3 kiddos to the assisted living wing on Wednesdays. And our friends there love each one of my kids evenly, regardless of their different skin colors and special needs. Perhaps even more so because of that. Because life is simple there, and we spend time just loving each other. Thank you for encapsulating that feeling! I have never commented on your blog before, ever, BUT, have enjoyed and been moved by so many of your posts. This blog post is beautiful! I, too, have been moved by so many who are asked to suffer, in differing ways, in their lives OR what we might perceive to be suffering, and, yet, in each and every person I have run into, they still have the ability to cling to their Savior!! Your family is beautiful! I am the Mama to five children, three born in China! Adoption was never on my radar, but, so THANKFUL it was on God’s:-) and so thankful that we ran right into His plan for our family!! Many blessings to your family as you wait upon your sweet Treasure who waits for you in China OR wherever God directs your hearts!! Thank you for this beautifully(is that a word? 🙂 humble post!! Hi I’ve never commented before either, but this post made me smile. As I have had my own in home licensed child care for over 5 years and starting on this very next Tuesday morning, and every Tuesday after, I will be taking my 5 littles (1 of which is mine, other are my child care children) to a nursing home 2 blocks from me to visit for an hour. My childcare name is Little Friends Daycare, so our special visit for the activities calendar there is named “Big Friends Little Friends”. You and I have a lot in common. I absolutely adore and love children and the elderly, and relate to them so well. I’m probably more excited than anyone to see what the coming months bring with our weekly visits. I’m excited to see relationships form, and to learn from them during our time together. The theme is to “bring back childhood memories.” So I’ll be planning activities with arts and crafts, play dough, simple baking/snack making, reading books and nursery rhymes, tying 2 of the most opposite generations together. I am so excited to see what is in store, and feel so blessed that God has given us this opportunity! Thanks for this post! Love it! Visiting from a friend’s blog—what a beautiful post, what a beautiful family, what a beautiful heart!!! Pink too ! and yellow and all colors…Beautiful story of Thomas and your children. Xom Oh, Andrea, your words bless my heart! Again! Beautiful, beautiful post! How true….we are here to Love God and Love Others for God. Doesn’t get much simpler, really. Love this precious reminder. You are such an amazing woman of God, my friend! I LOVE watching God use you ~ and your precious heart! I remember visiting people in a nursing home as a youngster too……and have been blessed by elderly folks who have such amazing stories to share when I worked at an AL center as a physical therapist. I love the rawness and genuineness of both littles and older peeps. May I spend “the middle” of my life much the same. Thank you, Andrea. P.S…..my fav color is purple!!! 🙂 So touched by this. I’m on the receiving end of the love and encouragement lately and it has reminded me in a BIG way how God uses our seemingly ordinary interactions to spread His extraordinary love. […] Why I love kids and old people […] Today was the first and last day of registration for the Created for Care retreat. We had 250 moms and volunteers last year. And today–we made room for every single person we could hold in the resorts fire code. 400 adoption moms and 50 volunteers, speakers, breakout leaders, etc to total 450 of what the […] I am SO excited I can hardly stand it! So glad I signed up when I did! Soooo excited! Andrea… did ya’ll get any of our messages??? |
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I do love the entrance of fall (and consignment sales!), but am a bit sad to see the summer go. As it’s winding down, is it too late to get your tomato/cottage cheese recipe, or did I miss it? I’m selling/volunteering at Lil Lambs (Whitlock UMC) this weekend myself. Hoping to find a moment to pop over to RUMC’s, too. Happy volunteering!