Adoption Milestone

  • Tribute to Birth Mothers

    [Thoughts from an adopted mother-to-be early this morning] How loved you are by God–so loved that He sent two mothers to care for you.In a broken world, things are not as they should be–yet He does not leave things as they are–God looked down and as your Heavenly Father He provided. He created you. Even […]

  • FRIDAY!

    Just got placed with our home study coordinator and our first home study is THIS Friday!!! I’m so glad we chose a company who is so fast! We’ll have 3 more interviews after today’s phone consultation—the 2nd being this Friday. Off to work on my “to do” list I posted earlier today. (And of course […]

  • Whew! Our paperwork officially begins this week!

    The application to AGCI (adoption agency)and AAA Partners (home study agency) are in. Just got off the phone with AAA and our paperwork menu is before us. I eat paperwork for breakfast—the wait for our child is going to be what gets me! OK…so our homestudy paperwork is just the appetizer. Here’s what we’ll be […]

  • Why Ethiopia? Why Now?

    This “Why Ethiopia”question is one we have already gotten a lot of–and one we fully expect and anticipate answering many times during our lives. My answer is really a question right back: Why not? The simplicity of it all is that we love children, our biological children desire this as much as we do, and […]

  • Adopted for Life…carried in my heart for always

    When I became a believer, I began praying for a life of adventure. I prayed that He would help me live a life of no regrets, no retreats and no reserves. My husband didn’t quite know what he was getting into when he married me that’s for sure–but I do want to live this life […]