We celebrated 4 years together taking a walk in the snow on a beautiful trail, sledding and laughing all the time. We stopped by Burger king (see the hats!) and shared papa fritas (french fries or pommes for the german speakers). We also enjoyed hearing our kids roll around on the floor laughing hysterically while …
I have done a lot of hiking and biking over the last several months. Last weekend I took the entire family through some of the most beautiful hiking in our area. I learned several things from this little walk through the woods. We walked through a deep gorge carved in the rock by millions of …
We recently listen to an old Focus on the Family series on parenting and homeschooling. Where Dr. Dobson was interviewing Lisa Whelchel, the author of Creative Correction and actress that played Blair on on the 1980′s sitcom Facts of Life. In the interview she talked about her reason for homeschooling, not all the auxillary reasons …
Play seems so natural, so second nature. We often comment how; “When we were kids (fill in the blank).” We weren’t inhibited with lack of creativity. We played in the woods, climbed trees, rode bikes to burger king by ourselves. Were the days really that much safer? Were we just more acutely aware? or Were …
Yesterday, I wrote about the realities of adopting older children. Today, I want to write about the added challenge of adopting multiple children at once. -2 Challenges of multiple child adoption!- To compound the challenges of older children, adopting more than 1 child presents it’s own set of challenges and benefits. Being school age and …
Sticking with the analogy of clay and adoption… I continue with this thought from yesterdays post. We have seen that it takes more and more time to shape, bend, guide and reshape. Because their little bodies, hearts and minds have more to overcome because of their prior circumstances. They get dried faster than the well …
For those that don’t keep up with Adoption world life. The month of November is celebrated in America as the National Adoption Month. This month’s posts for me will focus on adoption. Most basic adoption questions have been answered in other posts related to adoption on this site (search “Adoption”), so this month I will …
A couple of days ago this video came across my facebook friends list. 99 balloons (see in video sidebar).. I watched it for the first time a year ago. But it didn’t change the fact that it is still so powerful. I was reduced to tears with my chest convulsing in heartache. Then as I …
Listen to Beyond the Vault Final Edition (Click Here) In a matter of days many of you will be receiving a letter describing the last chapter in our journey at our current location. Since writing the letter, we have some very encouraging news. We hear God’s voice calling us and there is clarity in the …
Well today has been quite a day. Supermom woke up super early this morning and corralled the two youngest ones off with her to the dentist. We are trying to get our bi-annual checkups completed. I followed them to the dentist with the oldest. Now, a trip to the dentist is always a bummer deal …