The local community college sends us a catalog of their continuing education classes. This catalog always goes the way of the local phone book that gets delivered to my front door–straight into…
Category: adoption
To Live Out The Gospel.
A month has passed since we cried and hugged and said goodbye to two great boys and sent them on a plane back to their homeland. Not a day has gone by that…
Farewell! A word that must be.
Farewell! a word that must be, and hath been— A sound which makes us linger;—yet—farewell! ~Lord Byron We arrived at Chicago O’Hare at 2:00 PM and the boys were taken through security…
Agony of Parting.
“Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.”–George Eliot Just a typical Road Trip so far: music, reading, sleeping, and card games. But with less than…
Final Countdown.
Most of you aren’t up right now to read this, but naturally, I can’t sleep. After 4 weeks, tomorrow we bring our Eastern European friends back to the airport. They have reassured…
Open Wide & Say, “Awww!”
I have been dreading this week. This was the week that the boys would be visiting the dentist. I have heard horror stories of the multiple-thousands-of-dollars’ worth of work that some of…
Photo Blitz.
First of all, I would like to give a shoutout to Dr. Kimberly Cruise and the staff at the 10th Street Iowa Eye Care. They took such good care of the boys…
I love Jesus. I believe Jesus. Jesus changed my life.
Those words are embossed on three bracelets that O. wears. On this very holy day, as you are tempted to rush around to buy one more, rush one more, stress over one more…
Quick Photo Update.
There’s nothing earth shattering to report, but I wanted to share a couple of great photos from today. Today was Jeremy’s birthday. The love of my life and the best father I…
Sunday Funday.
Wow this was an action packed day! I think the boys must be exhausted. I know I am. We warned them that our church would be very different from their church. When…