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Things that Matter. | Our Wall
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The McGowan Family's Adventures, from A to Z. July 1, 2012. Middot; by killeenmcg. Middot; in Gratitude. Middot; 2 Comments. This week was a reminder of how all of it can so easily be swept away. How one can go from a very comfortable-seeming life, to almost nothing to her name. Thankfully, they got out just fine. For shock value, here’s what they found when they were finally allowed to return home. Until it happens. To a friend. To family. To me. To you. The Diane and Kitty Paton Fund. Beautifully writt...
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3 Weeks In. | Our Wall
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The McGowan Family's Adventures, from A to Z. December 22, 2011. Middot; by killeenmcg. Middot; in Path to Acacia. Middot; Leave a comment. 8221; is the real topic everyone is interested in. So, with due diligence to our travels, Click here for our (facebook) album of favorite pics from trip #2. For something that was not meant to be a vacation, it had some pretty great vaca-like moments. Now for all things baby…. So far, Acacia will try anything, but definitely favors certain foods. Patrick has shif...
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The McGowan Family's Adventures, from A to Z. Path to Acacia came to mean a lot of things over the past two years. Most literally, it was what we dubbed the span of time that it took to have our second daughter, Acacia, join our family. That path wound us through:. I always knew inside of me that I wanted to adopt. Patrick did too. But what did that feeling inside of us look like on the outside? Were we ready to go from being a family of three to a family of four? In the middle of the process, Ethiopia u...
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love is waiting: July 2012
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Thursday, July 19, 2012. Pretty soon after we moved to Houston our sweet friend Rachel. Took photos and I've been meaning to share them here. Can't wait to print and hang them in our home! AMAZING work, Rachel! If you told me 6 months ago that we would be living in a one bedroom apartment for 6 months. I would have told you, "you're stupid". If you told me a year ago that we would have to wait 6 months to go get our son instead of six weeks. I would have said, "not possible". Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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love is waiting: THE QUESADA FAMILY
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Thursday, April 3, 2014. After a surprise diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis in their biological daughter, the Quesada's have found themselves on a grand adventure! They have completed paperwork and are waiting to be matched! Shop Love is Waiting. This week and give 20% to the Quesadas. We are excited and blessed to start this adventure in growing our family through adoption! We have finally completed all of the calls, paperwork, interviews…and now we are a family waiting to be matched! May 25, 2014 at 9:48 AM.
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love is waiting: ZIBELL FAMILY
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Thursday, March 27, 2014. What a huge blessing to be a part of this community of support! My husband (Scott), myself (Stephanie) and my chatty toddler (Emara) can’t thank you enough! I have wanted to adopt since I was a little girl. I had big dreams of a HUGE family and that family was going to come from all over the world. But, of course, my “plan” was to wait until we were older and more financially stable to adopt, after we had a few babies naturally. Boy, was I way off course. Thank God for that}.
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Away from the Glow | Our Wall
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The McGowan Family's Adventures, from A to Z. Away from the Glow. September 11, 2013. Middot; by killeenmcg. Middot; in Connectivity. Middot; 4 Comments. Not just a message to the kiddos. I must’ve seen a good ten different articles this week about the fact it’s a problem that Americans are spending too much time behind screens. How it’s terrible that we live virtually through social media and video games. How it’s detrimental to our socialization when we hide behind our phones. So what do we do about it?
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Vhopped? | Our Wall
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The McGowan Family's Adventures, from A to Z. June 27, 2012. Middot; by killeenmcg. Middot; in Path to Acacia. Middot; 1 Comment. Since removing friends updates from my facebook feed, I’ve noticed a trend. Almost all the pages I follow are food related! Be it a cooking site or an informative one, I am interested in cooking, learning about, and eating food.🙂. One page I follow is by vegan cookbook author Isa Moskowitz. I only have one of her cookbooks,. Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. I’m an av...
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The McGowan Family's Adventures, from A to Z. You have to be thirteen to vote. You also have to be real. …I learned that on Sesame Street! I’m not going to play my Winnie the Pooh card game. It stresses me out. As Zinnia is climbing into a coin-operated race car in the mall…. A Nearby Boy: “You need a lot of money to drive that! Me: “Well, we just pretend, right Zinnia? Zinnia: “Yeah, we just pretend we have money.”. Me: “Want to go back outside, Zin? June 12, 2012 - 7:57 pm. Aww what a fantastic idea!
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