Musings of a mother of many
I wake to the sound of the roosters crowing, just as the sun’s rays begin to shed their distant glow in the sky beyond the horizon. Morning lurks just beyond the earth’s edge, brimming with light and life and the gift of a new day.
But that’s not what I see. I see black. Night still […] Read more…
Giggles tumble in from the kitchen where our children are gathered. Deep belly laughter interupts the momentary quiet of the evening. Sophia has just gotten home from ballet, her long hair hangs in a curtain down her back, Evangeline is sitting on a stool in pajamas preparing a late night snack, and Steven is still […] Read more…
A NOTE TO THE READER: This is one post in a series of posts that will share the story of how I came to know and grew to love my daughters who were adopted at fourteen years old, mere days before they aged out of the adoption system. It does not reflect my feelings now. […] Read more…
So many times in life blessings come to us through the hard things.
So it is for Evangeline.
She’s had a whirlwind year with illness and surgeries, but today, she walks without crutches, has a family that loves her immeasurably, and has been granted the opportunity by the Make A Wish Foundation to make […] Read more…
Victoria was born on June 25th. Jonathan was born on the the 29th, and Sophia was born on the 4th of July.
So our 4th of July picnic always ends up doubling as a birthday celebration.
Jonathan and Steven enjoyed checking out the gifts.
Sophia finally got a pair of hoop earrings. She’s waited […] Read more…
I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them. Isaiah 42:16
I read this verse today in my Bible reading, […] Read more…
On Monday, I took Evangeline to see Dr. Campbell.
Dr. Campbell is the spinal surgeon who wants to put a veptr in her back to support her spine at the curve.
For information and pictures of a veptr, click here.
Evangeline’s spine is very short and does not allow the appropriate amount of space […] Read more…
Evangeline came home from the hospital a week and a half ago, and I finally am beginning to feel like myself again.
She made the adjustment amazingly well.
We are all so thankful to have her home again.
Sophia is especially happy to have her sister back.
Their pretty pink room is alive […] Read more…
Eliza and Evangeline have been home with us for just over seven months.
They are both fourteen and a half years old. For their first fourteen years they lived as orphans devoid of the love and security a family provides.
They battled chronic illness and cognitive disability alone until the day we arrived to take them home […] Read more…
Today Evangeline came home.
It took three rather large wagon loads to the car to empty her room.
And we had quite a few very special people we had to say goodbye to.
But now we’re home,
and so very blessed to be all together under the same roof again.
Blessings!
