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The Gift of Unanswered Prayers: Hamster Love & Forever Families

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The Gift of Unanswered Prayers. Daily Life with Miracles from China and Ethiopia. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts" Isaiah 55:9. Fear not for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west". Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" .Hebrews 11:1. Tuesday, September 27, 2011. Hamster Love and Forever Families. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Once and Future: The Bottom of the Box

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Thoughts about my family- yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Thursday, November 17, 2011. The Bottom of the Box. Mihret, with one of her many boxes in the background. Last night I was trying to help Mihret find something in her room. I was digging through one of her precious cardboard boxes (yup, she's a box hoarder- I mean, collector- but that's another story). As I got near the bottom of the box, she stopped me and said, "Mama, promise you won't be mad at me? Why would I be mad at you, Mihret? Halloween F...

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Stepping Out of the Boat: Black Friday

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Stepping Out of the Boat. Our family's journey to follow our call and act in faith and love. Saturday, November 26, 2011. Which is probably their third game system, played on their third (or fourth or fifth) plasma TV. And of course, then you need to spend another $200 on games, controllers, headsets, and rocker chairs. What value is ANY of this stuff? What value do we place on our time when we spend hours buying this junk, hours setting it all up, and hours playing? Does anyone else see these people?

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Once and Future: December 2006

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Thoughts about my family- yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Wednesday, December 20, 2006. Family Stories 6- The Christmas Piece. As I mentioned earlier. I'll occassionally use this space to chronicle some of my reflections and writings on my family history, particulary the stories that my grandpa Coleman passed down to us. This being the first December since he died, there's no better time to remember his recitation for the Christmas program at school:. I guess I was about five. I was so happy. Pretty soon...

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Once and Future: Potato, potato, potato...

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Thoughts about my family- yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Sunday, March 30, 2008. Potato, potato, potato. She's at it again. No idea what this means. As long as she ends up spelling it right. I'm sure all will be well. Posted by Chuck at 8:13 PM. Perhaps it's her way of asking for a Mr. Potato Head. Already got her one. we haven't given her the eyes and stuff, since she would probably eat them. Thank GOD there wasn't YouTube when I was a kid. I never saw these before! She is so darling! This Spuds For You.

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Willing Hearts: October 2010

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If you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday." Isaiah 58:10. Saturday, October 9, 2010. My Thoughts on the "Rules". Before I try to catch everyone up on our story, I thought I'd back up a minute and explain how we got here. If you are unfamiliar with international adoption, these are the rules I am talking about. 3 You should not adopt 2 unrelated children. I fully realize tha...

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Willing Hearts: How I Define Relief

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If you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday." Isaiah 58:10. Tuesday, April 15, 2014. How I Define Relief. I hear my 5 year-old son call out "Mom - what is the right way to hold an ax? My mind races as I rush around the corner to find him calmly playing with his new firefighter Lego set. Relief can feel so sweet. Labels: What in the World? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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little leaps of love: Happy Mothers Day

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Little leaps of love. Thursday, May 8, 2008. It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, the way one of the kids will walk into the room while I'm on the phone and ask to be taken to the store. Inside I'm thinking, 'Can't you see I'm on the phone? Can you tie this? Can you open this? Some days I'm not a pair of hands; I'm not even a human being. I'm a clock to ask, 'What time is it? I'm a satellite guide to answer, 'What number is the Disney Channel? As mothers, we are building gr...

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The Gift of Unanswered Prayers: Resurrected

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The Gift of Unanswered Prayers. Daily Life with Miracles from China and Ethiopia. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts" Isaiah 55:9. Fear not for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west". Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" .Hebrews 11:1. Friday, August 10, 2012. Yep, this blog has been seriously neglected-for almost (gasp) a year! I am ...