Alex and I are celebrating 15 years of marriage today. We were tiny baby people when we started out and …
The Stuff About My Kids I Can’t Tell You
Last week I met with a friend and picked her brain for ideas about one of my kids. This morning …
The Unbreakable Evie Dale
I’m not sure what all the cool kids are calling it these days, but you know that thing when one …
Overdramatic Family
You know all the Saturday Night Live families? There’s “Sarcastic Clapping Family of Southampton,” “Dysfunctional Family Dinner” with Sarah Michelle …
The Ripping and Together of Adoption
This morning we had our domestication hearing for Ana, the final step in her adoption process. Woo-hoo! We followed our …
10 Things I Learned in 2014
Lists. This is that time of the year, when we take stock of our lives and list the old and …
Coffee+Crumbs: When They Took My Baby Away
I’m back over at Coffee+Crumbs sharing those first feelings after I had Elliott. I had preeclampsia, and he had inter-uterine …
Our Newest Member of the Family
Remember back in July when I was in a car accident and my dog died? I mean, separately, but within …
We’re Ruining Our Kids for Life
This morning I finally broke the bus stop/jammie barrier. For weeks now, I’ve managed to pull on jeans, shorts, or …
10 Things You Need to Know Before Adopting Internationally
As a mom of three, two adopted internationally, I get a lot of questions about adopting our girls. We’ve completed …
Just Say No to Signups
Today I threw away fliers. I crumpled them up and recycled the heck out of them. This may not seem …
Throwback Thursday – Bringing Evie Home From Ethiopia
For Throwback Thursday, I want to show you a video that most of you probably haven’t seen, bringing Evie home …
Unexpected Welcome Home
My church is big, so we really encourage everybody to get in smaller groups that meet in homes. In order …
School Supply Shopping: It Ain’t Just Trapper Keepers Anymore
My kids go back to school this week. Never mind that it’s the first week of August and we’ve already …
My Dog Saved My Life
(I wrote this the day before my dog died.) My dog is dying. I won’t try to put that up …
I Felt Complete
They chortled around the dinner table tonight. Sometimes the only way to describe the bubbling laughter of my children is …
Don’t Make Me Go to Camp With My Kids
This summer, in an effort to keep us all sane and break up all the hours of togetherness, I signed …
What My Kids Have Taught Me About Competition
My son was born six weeks early. I watched his little red, wrinkled body inside the incubator in the NICU. …
Suffocated by Mom Guilt
Do you ever just feel suffocated by Mom Guilt? That extra-heavy, nearly impossible to slough off sense of utter failure …
The Grace of God Through Stolen Cookies
Do you ever feel like you learn about God’s character through parenting? You look at your own reaction to something …
A Real Mom
Grabbing coffee together in Riga on a gorgeous, snowy day. On Monday, we celebrated Ana’s name day. In Latvia, name …
Wanna Meet My New Daughter?
This little-big girl burst into our lives last summer and we fell in love. Hard. Her laughter fills our rooms …
Pollen and a Peep Recipe – Yellow Things We Love and Hate
I wrote this on the back of our van…forgetting that two of my kids can read now. A– stood behind …
Fresh Air and an Adoption Update
So…a lot’s happened this week. Rich Stearns told Religion News Service that World Vision had lost “less than 5,000” sponsors …
