Making Each Day a Bit Brighter
taking one in as our own
I am on a plane right now…at the beginning of our journey to bring our adopted son home from Haiti. And I cannot even begin to explain to you the ball of emotions I am feeling. There is piece of me that is excited..no thrilled..no exuberant beyond belief. I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS DAY IS FINALLY… Continue reading
Once again, Haiti here we come! We received our final adoption consent today and are booking our flights tonight. We should arrive in Haiti next Thursday, October 9th. Feeling so blessed to finally be able to go! Thank you Lord for answering our prayers. Thank you for doing far more abundantly than all that we… Continue reading
We all have come across those unexpected roadblocks and detours, derailing our expected plans. We often view them as such a nuisance and inconvenience, zapping away our time. I mean seriously…we have places to go and people to see. We have an agenda. We want to get things done. It’s funny how we can place… Continue reading
Today someone asked me if our adopted son knew who Coby and I are. Like, does he know we are his parents? It’s always a question I struggle to answer. Yes, he does know who we are and we go by “mommi” and “poppi” when we are at his orphanage. But, in all honesty, I don’t… Continue reading
Shhh! This is a surprise for my husband. It is the first little shirt I bought for our to-be-adopted son. You see, I am 27 months pregnant and I haven’t bought a thing. There has been this hesitation inside me. When you are adopting from Haiti, as we are, there is this long, difficult wait.… Continue reading
3 1/2 years ago, our family moved to Austin…however, our hearts did not readily move. I can easily recall the reluctance of our 3 children as if it were yesterday. They wanted to believe that we had heard from God and yet, their sweet little hearts did not want to move on. They did not… Continue reading