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“The Lord doesn’t ever just discipline us for punitive action, He is always disciplining us to restore us to Himself. And so as parents, of course that’s always our goal. It’s not to discipline for punitive satisfaction, but to restore relationship, and reconcile, and get back in perfect standing with one another.” -Esty Downes Goodness, […]
“Our children need to know they are precious in the sunshine and the rain.” -Dr. Karyn Purvis We’ve finally got a ramp for “Grandpè Jim” to drive his scooter up, so we’re looking forward to having him over for a visit this week. This will be the first time he’s seen their barn in person, and […]
“…and of all the things I look forward to most in this life, falling in love with you is at the top of my list.” -Tyler Kent White We got home around 2:30 on Friday, and after a quick scan of the rooms on the first floor, Steevenson wanted to see his chanm (room). The three […]
“For the two of us, home isn’t a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.” ―Stephanie Perkins Hello! 😀 We’re home! I had hoped to blog while we were traveling, but unfortunately several parts of our trip were significantly more difficult than we had anticipated and I just didn’t have it in me. […]
“It was exciting to be off on a journey she had looked forward to for months. Oddly, the billowing diesel fumes of the airport did not smell like suffocating effluence, it assumed a peculiar pungent scent that morning, like the beginning of a new adventure, if an adventure could exude a fragrance.” -E.A. Bucchianeri Here […]
“I really don’t even know you, and yet, in my life, you are forever entangled; to my history, inextricably bound.” -Sarah Ockler We received word that Steevenson and Gregory’s medical exams and visa appointments went “very well”, so we are feeling super grateful and even more excited that homecoming is right around the corner. We’re also careful […]
“She smiled and said with an ecstatic air: “It shines like a little diamond”. “What does?”, he asked. “This moment.” ―Jean-Paul Sartre Friends and family!! We booked our plane tickets and we’ll be heading to Haiti soon!! Booking our tickets was such a sweet experience, y’all. Kevin and I called the airline (on speakerphone so we could […]
“The waiting does not diminish us…we are enlarged in the waiting…the longer we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful our expectancy.” -Romans 8:24-25 Since we’re getting so close to traveling to pick up our babe, I thought I’d repost an updated version of my Adoption FAQs today. I hope that it is […]
“I will be seeing you soon, and it will be better than anything else.” -J.D. Salinger Our besties (Matt and Tacy) got their son Gregory’s visa appointment email today (praise the Lord!) so we will officially BOTH be able to pick up our kiddos together in a couple of weeks!!! We are completely over-the-moon excited that […]
“I wanted to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket.” -Sylvia Plath Y’all!!!! My phone dinged again!!!! SONNY HAS A VISA APPOINTMENT!!! The email came in around 9am yesterday (Monday) morning. Kevin and I were on our way to our workroom downtown, and had just pulled into a […]
“We should be astonished at the goodness of God, stunned that He should bother to call us by name, our mouths wide open at His love, bewildered that at this very moment we are standing on holy ground.” -Brennan Manning Y’all!!!! We ended up getting our I-600 approval email on Friday after all!! Kevin and […]
SONNY HAS A PASSPORT!!!!!! Our adoption caseworker texted us a photo of it around 4pm on Friday afternoon!! 😀 We excitedly called and texted a few friends and family members, then dashed off to Miyako- our favorite restaurant in Montgomery. It’s become a tradition to celebrate our completed adoption steps there, and the gal that usually seats/serves us […]
Y’all, we got to FaceTime with our Sonny on Wednesday afternoon. 🙂 He was super smiley during our call, but also a little bit sleepy because he’s still in school every day ’til 2:30. This is his third year of school, but I think it’s the first year he’s gone past lunch time every day. I asked […]
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” -James (Jesus’ half-brother), Chapter 1, Verse 27, the Bible For those that have been following along with the story of sweet Daphne, I wanted […]
Well (as of April 21st) we are officially out of Legalizations and into the LAST phase of our adoption process: passport and visa! 😀 In a nutshell, that means in about 4-6 weeks our Sonny will have his very own passport, and about 4-6 weeks after that, Kevin and I will attend a visa appointment at the […]
