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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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Team Chase: 4 and Counting: Welcome Summer Adoption Auction
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Thursday, June 2, 2011. Welcome Summer Adoption Auction. Highlighted items have reduced starting bids as of 6/7/11 *. Welcome to our “Welcome Summer” Adoption Auction! First of all, I would like to say a HUGE THANK YOU to all the amazing people who made donations to this auction! Because of their donations, 100% of what you purchase from this auction will go directly into our adoption fund to bring our sweet babe(s) home from Ethiopia. Here’s what to do:. 1 Click on the item to view it. Bows for Your Girl.
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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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Path to Acacia | Our Wall
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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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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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July Highlights | Our Wall
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The McGowan Family's Adventures, from A to Z. July 27, 2012. Middot; by killeenmcg. Middot; in Monthy Highlights. Middot; Leave a comment. Being mommy to two is SO HARD! Have I said that before…? I look back on my days with just Zin, and think, “Wow. I had no idea how easy it was when the parent-child ratio was two to one.” Of course,. On the flip side, being a mommy of two is wonderful. We have lots of fun, and the good times are really the best times ever. You get what you give, I suppose. I’ve m...
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