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                                        Merry Christmas Little One – Unraveled by Grace
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                                        Merry Christmas Little One. December 24, 2013. May 11, 2016. I cried at the zoo a few days ago. Well,. Before I even realized what was happening, I felt the tears sting and well up in my eyes and immediately started batting them away lest anyone notice and think I’m a crazy person. We may not know who our daughter is, but we already love her in a way that we don’t understand, but in a way that can only come from God. We just hit the one-year mark for when we began our journey to our daughter. We don̵...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        A Reading Challenge for Myself – Unraveled by Grace
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                                        A Reading Challenge for Myself. January 26, 2014. May 11, 2016. Between the snow and the frigid cold temperatures, I am officially in hibernation mode. If I could spend my days curled up by the fireplace with a blanket, coffee and my stack of books, I think I’d be quite content. It’s a problem. Realizing this, I decided to focus my reading habits by making a list of all the books I’d like to read. The goal is to finish this list this year. Many of the books have been on my reading...I’m deeply insp...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Confessions of an Adopted Child: Blog & Sites That I Love
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                                        Confessions of an Adopted Child. What I went through was considered abuse. I am the voice for the many out there who do not have one. I am the voice for those who have been adopted into nightmares, not homes and not into a loving family. There are hundreds of stories out there, people like me who were only wanted when it was convenient. This is 'my' story and these are 'my' confessions. Do You Have A Confession, a Story to Tell? Blog and Sites That I Love. Inspirations from The Heart. Jessica M. Jones. 
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        An Unexpected Beginning I The Little Girl in the Orange Dress (Part One)  – Unraveled by Grace
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                                        An Unexpected Beginning I The Little Girl in the Orange Dress (Part One). March 31, 2013. January 7, 2014. I could not wait for this trip to India. I really wanted to be back with my new friends in Bangalore, be immersed in a culture that fascinates me and become more familiar with the ministry of The Boaz Project in India. The unexpected happened as it was in this home that I met a little girl who would forever change my life. I wrestled with the idea of sitting down in that chair and whether or not it ...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        More4Orphans Summit 2014 – Unraveled by Grace
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                                        February 1, 2014. May 11, 2016. A few years ago I was introduced to a group of passionate women (and a few men) who desired to see community members and churches coming together to advocate for and act on behalf of orphans around the world. The mission was simple: encourage, educate and equip people on the global orphan crisis and connect them to organizations, opportunities or events in which they can get engaged in serving orphans. I am pretty sure that that’s exactly what Eileen told me. God’s h...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        A Forced Lazy Day – Unraveled by Grace
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                                        A Forced Lazy Day. January 31, 2014. May 11, 2016. This is how Oscar and I both feel today:. Why did you wake me? Last night I didn’t sleep very well. It probably didn’t help that I went to bed feeling somewhat yucky and then had a series of really strange and creepy dreams. I had high hopes for this day. How is it that one day I can be very productive and have a lot of energy and the next day I’m practically a zombie? My day should’ve looked something like this:. Once I got tired of being out and about,...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Summary and Pictorial Review of 2013 – Unraveled by Grace
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                                        Summary and Pictorial Review of 2013. December 31, 2013. May 11, 2016. I never quite understood why people got so excited or obsessed over the New Year. It’s not as if January 1st hit the reset button on life. We still carry forward all of the challenges and triumphs, joys and heartache we may have experienced throughout the year. Sometimes this is a good thing and sometimes it’s not. Our character and lives are shaped and molded by our experiences and how we allow them to impact our lives. I pondered th...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Why Adoption? – Unraveled by Grace
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                                        March 14, 2014. May 10, 2016. Special guest post from my husband, Bryan. It’s a question that inevitably gets asked, one way or another, every time we tell someone we are adopting. Our natural reaction at this point is “Why not? 8221; For a long time now, the decision to adopt has felt like first nature to us both. 8221; is a completely understandable and fair question and it deserves a real answer. So here’s my best shot. First, no, we are not struggling with infertility issues. For a while it was somet...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Winter 2014 Adoption Update – Unraveled by Grace
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                                        Winter 2014 Adoption Update. February 19, 2014. May 10, 2016. And that’s where glittery, pink and purple sticker and activity books caught my eye. They seemed so perfect to get our daughter as I envisioned the books to be good entertainment in the hotel and airplane when we bring home our little desi-girl. After spending an hour and a half in Target, and adding things I didn’t need to my cart, I put the books back. I began to realize that my desire to purchase the books had nothing to do with t...By purc...