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The Anderson Way of Life // Life, Ministry, and Adoption Blog: July 2014
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Monday, July 7, 2014. Blue Chalk and Love Notes : Lessons from a 7 Year Old 4 Months Post Adoption. We bought a new rug. Thanks to some welcome home gift cards and a giant, yet washable, stain on the upper right corner, we walked out of Kmart with a giant size piece of carpet for less than my Aldi grocery bill. My living room and my minor OCD were not surviving the traffic. I have a VERY awesome gift for you, Mommy." Blink. Blink, blink, blink. As I entered the quarter size playroom and looked down, I ga...
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The Anderson Way of Life // Life, Ministry, and Adoption Blog: Blue Chalk and Love Notes :: Lessons from a 7 Year Old || 4 Months Post Adoption
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Monday, July 7, 2014. Blue Chalk and Love Notes : Lessons from a 7 Year Old 4 Months Post Adoption. We bought a new rug. Thanks to some welcome home gift cards and a giant, yet washable, stain on the upper right corner, we walked out of Kmart with a giant size piece of carpet for less than my Aldi grocery bill. My living room and my minor OCD were not surviving the traffic. I have a VERY awesome gift for you, Mommy." Blink. Blink, blink, blink. As I entered the quarter size playroom and looked down, I ga...
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The Anderson Way of Life // Life, Ministry, and Adoption Blog: December 2013
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Monday, December 30, 2013. Hello 30, Goodbye '13. Sometimes you need to walk away. Just walk away. Like when you are trying to hang that weird plastic stuff on your windows because it is supposed to help you keep your house warm and the plastic keeps clinging to you. Or when you are trying to beat your husband's high score on the phone game "Dots" and have officially cramped your fingers into a permanent "index pointing" position only to realize your score is so low that it doesn't even make the board.
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Diagnosis of infertility trouble. December 29, 2011:. Pre-application to Bethany Christian Services. December 30, 2011:. Pre-application results received and ACCEPTED! January 13, 2012:. Decision to adopt from Ethiopia. January 20, 2012:. First meeting and orientation with social worker. January 21, 2012:. January 25, 2012:. Approved to start Home Study. February 3, 2012:. Met with Bethany social worker for our Intake Appointment and completed 2 out of 4 Home Study meetings. February 28, 2012:. Home Stud...
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The Anderson Way of Life // Life, Ministry, and Adoption Blog: September 2013
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Monday, September 23, 2013. Hurdles and Skinned Hands. Have you ever been so excited about something that you awkwardly tripped, flung yourself forward, hit the pavement, and felt the searing pain of the palms of your hands scraping across the gravel? You know, the pain that doesn't show up in the form of cool battle wounds or scars but burns to the depth of your being for like 5 days straight? It hurts. A lot. Seeing pictures. Hearing her story. As we have been in communication with our agency, we found...
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The Anderson Way of Life // Life, Ministry, and Adoption Blog: October 2013
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013. A No News Update. Whoever came up with the phrase "No news is good news" obviously never adopted. Frankly, I want to punch that person in the face. A little abrasive? But, because we have had a lot of people asking us what is going on, I figured I'd give you an update. A "No News" update. So what is going on? Here is the 411. As for our referral and court dates, basically, we have to pass a second stage of immigration here in the US, then that approval has to be sent to South A...
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The Anderson Way of Life // Life, Ministry, and Adoption Blog: March 2015
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Monday, March 30, 2015. Thanks for stopping by the Anderson Way of Life! We have moved our blog over to a different site and would love for you to come visit! Check us out at:. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Help Us Get to South Africa. Beneath the Acacia Tree. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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The Anderson Way of Life // Life, Ministry, and Adoption Blog: April 2014
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Monday, April 7, 2014. We made it. It may have been a little over a week ago and it may be that I have been too tired to even think about posting on our blog. But we made it. By the grace of God, we traveled over 9,000 miles, 23 hours, and 3 viewings of Frozen on the airplane to arrive back in Minnesota and into the arms of the people we love. We have so much to be thankful for. We are figuring out this new life one step at a time, but praising God for His unending mercies, faithfulness, and grace.
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The Anderson Way of Life // Life, Ministry, and Adoption Blog: March 2014
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Friday, March 21, 2014. Yesterday we went to a botanical gardens-y type place. They also served wine, so I don't know what that qualifies as, but it was awesome. Back to our adventure. The gardens were big enough to need a map to walk around it. And since it seems that we have added a daughter to our family who is strong-willed, independent, and adventurous.she controlled the map. I should learn to trust more because even though the map was upside down, she seemed to know exactly where we needed to go.