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The State of Texas thinks we’d be okay parents!
A year ago December 2011, I miscarried our little cowboys following IVF/IUI/superovarydrugs/yogavitaminsjuice/standing on head. Exactly a year to the date, DH and I were approved to be foster/adoptive...
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2012 blog in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,500 views in 2012. If...
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Waiting and psychologically pregnant
Days are longer when you are waiting. No word from social worker managing the kids case yet. We were told they are accepting homestudys until the end of the month, and it will likely take up to four...
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Tiny bit of news
We are still whistling and waiting while I try to cram every parenting and adoption book into my brain during this time. I’m on book 5 for 2013 so far. It is only the third week of the year. Days...
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Grieving the “no” and “later” of life
I am grieving and singing hymns of “It is well with my soul,” also. Today we found out we were not the family chosen for this special trio of kids in North Texas that we submitted our homestudy for...
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It’s time to talk about my mom -she is very sick
My mom’s health is deteriorating again. I almost made this headline “My mom is dying,” but decided that was too melodramatic.This season seems to be about helping her and I think adoption may be on...
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Celebrating Valentine’s Day while you wait
Long before I knew my dear husband, he directed a Young Adult Singles Sunday School class at Second Baptist Church in Houston. Every year on Valentine’s, the single guys got together and cooked an...
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A brick in the road this season, so we wait some more
My mom’s heart rate was 128 last night. I checked it three times before bed and it was above 100 each time. Her face is swollen on the right side. She is breathing heavy. Her head hurts. Her chest...
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How to pray when the words are not there
“I don’t even know how to pray for my mom anymore.” That was my journal entry a few weeks ago. Day after day of doctor visits, nights of breathing treatments, blood pressure and pulse checks and...
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Foster parenting –staying active
Quarterly inspection and a call to ponder and pray over We just passed our quarterly foster inspection. We worked so hard to get approved to be foster parents that we want to keep our license up. We...
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Peace that transcends all -my spiritual boot camp the last several weeks
I’ve had a little break from blogging while dealing with some stuff, some grief, some angst and a lot of growth. Any free time (away from taking my mom to doctors and working too much at the...
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Speaking of fun, Tale of a Texas Hill Country wine and friends weekend
Baby’s just a little bit tired of the city, Billboards and bs got her down, Seem like you need a little hill country, A Little back roads driving, little bit of the old top down, Yeah, everybody gotta...
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Sometimes I let my mama dress me: GNO Red Maxi Dress
Sometimes, I step away from the black and grey, boring stud earrings, ponytail, no makeup and I add a little color. With some help. Sometimes I let my mom or my dear husband dress me. Mom does not feel...
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Through the eyes of (cool) kiddos
My nephews are superheros. Little mini brilliant, hilarious, caring, cool, superhero kids. See this video is proof. I took an entire week off last week of July to vacation with this wise beyond his...
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Tea with Princess Kate
Today after my business meetings in London, I got to have tea with a true princess and her very genuine and royal family. The name of this princess is Kate and she lives in London. She is 5 years old,...
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50 awesome things to do in Galveston
Photo from Galveston.com I’ve been telling you for years -Galveston is awesome. And now my favorite little place is voted as one of the top 30 beaches in the nation, in a CNN poll. Photo from...
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Big News! Read This!
We are going to be parents! And very soon! There have been seven years of prayers, but many changes this year to help us see things much differently than when we first begun. On Thursday, I prayed...
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Meeting them for the first time
We chose to meet at our adoption agency’s office as it was middle ground for us and the foster mom, quiet and it had a toy room so could be a relaxing visit. The adoption agency has a huge fish tank...
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Spending the day with them – a trip to the zoo
Our visitation is expected to be gradual over this 30-day period, with a little more time together added each visit building up to their move in. The first visit was just a couple of hours with the...
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Designing a shared boy, girl toddler room
We have just under four weeks to get everything ready to welcome Little Man and Little Lady home! I’ve been on business in London all week, so that means we’re down to three weeks. If we want to have...
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