We are almost done with all of our paperwork for our home study; just waiting on a few more police department forms, and I need to send my medical form to my doctor for sign off. Next step: an in-offi...
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This was a week of firsts. Yesterday, I got fingerprinted for the first time as an adult. As part of our homestudy, we have to get our fingerprints taken and then our agency submits them to the FBI fo...
read more..When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you. Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel...
read more..Thank you so much for the well wishes! To say that we are excited would be a huge understatement. We are scared and nervous and apprehensive and I keep making Aaron promise me that he was never arrest...
read more..Bear with me, because I’m not sure where we’re going to go this morning. As I sit here, Montego’s head is resting on my foot, Shane & Shane’s Psalms album is playing on iTu...
read more..So I’ve thought and thought and debated and debated and prayed and prayed about writing this entry. About being this honest. But I keep coming back to the idea: why should our journey to become ...
read more..Disappointment is part and parcel with life; there is no avoiding it. It’s how you deal with those disappointments, however, that build your character and refine who you are. When you pray for H...
read more..If you’ve spent any amount of time on an infertility or TTC message board (and maybe you have or maybe you haven’t) you know that encountering bitterness is unavoidable. It’s evident...
read more..The morning of surgery — as we were driving in the dark at 4:45 am on our way to hospital — I checked my e-mail one last time from my phone. I had a message from Lauren that said she’...
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