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Category Archives: Adoption Preparation

Along for the ride…

First…I want to say to those of you reading along this year with me the One Year Bible reading…thank you forView full post »

Where do the roads meet?

***They told me adoption was not for the faint of heart. And this post isn’t either. This is just my heart andView full post »

Discovery of a Continent…January 13 (Genesis 36 and 1 Chr.1:35-2:2

Yesterday I received the SWEETEST thing in my mailbox from a photographer in Asheville, North Carolina. I can’tView full post »

Transracial adoption…”there’s nothing about this face that isn’t MOM”

*Be sure to turn music down/off at the bottom of the page before watching. A great video on transracial adoption.View full post »

It’s not too late to sign up for a road trip…

Adopting For Life Conference- Friday & Saturday, February 26-27th 2010 from Southern Seminary on Vimeo.View full post »

As you pray about growing your family…

The last couple of days/weeks, emails have begun to trickle in with general questions about adoption. How thankful I amView full post »

What’s next…(update on today)

Our workbook was reviewed by AGCI today, and we’re good to go! Next step. As soon as we get notarized copies ofView full post »

Sweet morning of prayer…

My how good the Lord is to us! I am humbled and so thankful that two of my bestfriends spent two hours of their KID-FREEView full post »

One word–and it’s not my favorite…

REVISIONS. Bleck. I don’t like that word. I had a feeling I’d hear it before it was over…and lemmeView full post »

Family pictures for dossier

I’m patiently waiting for our finished home study to be completed and then approved by AGCI. We’ve got everyView full post »

Did you know???

Here are some interesting tidbits, startling facts…and a few answers to questions you might wonder but not ask&#View full post »

Workin’ backwards!

We *JUST* got our Eyes Wideopen Workbook in the mail TODAY. Yes, normally you would do this first and then start yourView full post »

Online courses…CHECK!

Richard and I completed our required online adoption courses this weekend! WOO HOO! Another thing checked off our listView full post »

Getting dossier ready and gettin’ ready for Fall!

I was so happy to get our dossier folder last weekend…and even happier to see that we really have everything aboutView full post »

"Somebody’s gonna be uncomfortable…"

Richard and I just got back from an incredible weekend conference in Franklin, TN – Together for Adoption. We wereView full post »

Off to Franklin!

Richard and I are packin’ up the van and heading to Franklin, TN to join 600 other conference attenders with aView full post »

Richard and I are heading back to "school"…

One thing at a time…now that we’re done with our homestudy paperwork, we just have our physicals and ourView full post »

Top 5 Big Things for this week…

1. 4 photography sessions on Tuesday (EEK! 4?! Yes, 4. But Andrea, I thought you only shot one a day. Why yes, you areView full post »