it’s still thanksgiving ’round here
We loaded up the newly-named Big Red (our new-to-us Toyota minivan) and headed to Louisiana for a Thanksgiving in the Delta. We ate turkey and I got to the see the Hog football team re-define Black Friday. And somewhere in the chaos that was our Thanksgiving- we got it. The email we had awaited since we started this process a year ago. We received our date of appointment, which in non-adopter world means…..we’re going to get Lena! We leave Saturday or Sunday- and yes, that means we don’t currently have our flight tickets, and yes that means it’s crazy-go-nuts in these…
taking the time to die
photo credit: I_Believe_ Although my mind has not relented, I guess I may need to accept that a new level of fanatical wildness just may be the way things are now. Is this just part of getting older? I swear the turbulence is picking up with every mile that passes. As of late… we walked through the five year marker of losing sweet Eliot. traveled to Ukraine to meet our daughter for the first time- the one we are trying to get home. celebrated Hazel turning 3- although I am admittedly in denial of the fact that she is aging….
a window into us
Thanks so much to all of you who encouraged us on the 5 year marker of Eliot’s departure from our arms. Our friends are always quick to come alongside us on these days, and we are thankful beyond words. If you are one that thinks, as I did, that folks need space and you wouldn’t want to interfere on the darks days- just know that you are, most likely, full of it. And afraid. Fear of wading into low places should never outweigh the fear of not doing so. Thank you friends for teaching me this. ________________________________________ We are waiting….
We loaded up the newly-named Big Red (our new-to-us Toyota minivan) and headed to Louisiana for a Thanksgiving in the Delta. We ate turkey and I got to the see the Hog football team re-define Black Friday. And somewhere in the chaos that was our Thanksgiving- we got it. The email we had awaited since we…
photo credit: I_Believe_ Although my mind has not relented, I guess I may need to accept that a new level of fanatical wildness just may be the way things are now. Is this just part of getting older? I swear the turbulence is picking up with every mile that passes. As of late… we walked…
Thanks so much to all of you who encouraged us on the 5 year marker of Eliot’s departure from our arms. Our friends are always quick to come alongside us on these days, and we are thankful beyond words. If you are one that thinks, as I did, that folks need space and you wouldn’t…