[Warning: this post contains an excessive use of the word “sucks” because, well, it’s the best way to describe what’s going on. Sorry if that is a no-no word in your house. It used to be one in my house too, until life turned really sucky.] It’s been a month since we relocated back to […]
Muddy Transitions
It’s a new year. A time when everyone makes fresh commitments to do more (or less) of certain activities… to be the best version of ourselves we can possibly be… right? I’m starting off this year in a new place, both physically and emotionally. So, for me, it’s easy to see it as a fresh […]
The beginning of the end
It absolutely surprised me. I said good-bye to the last adopting family to live with us and suddenly was overcome with emotion. What is going on? I haven’t cried like this since the very first family left us two years ago! On that morning, I sat in the hammock holding the infant boy who had […]
When Plan B Becomes Plan A
We’ve had a bit of blog silence these past few weeks, as we’ve been trying to sort through some stuff with our work here in Nicaragua. If you’ve followed our family’s updates for the past six months, you know we’ve been working on growing and formalizing our adoption care ministry. Here’s a recap: We tried […]