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May 5, 20202 minAdoption#MotherStories: A Series for Mother’s DayHey You, Yes… you, all of you who feel a load of all sorts as May rolls around. You. Here you are, it’s #allthingsSpring and new life and...
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Mar 17, 20107 minAdoptionTreasures in the DarkI might just this time, hit “post” on this entry. It’s been brewing, and written and re-written since somewhere before the end of...
Jan 25, 20107 minInfertility and Pregnancy LossThings Lost Along the Way, Endo VersionI sent my family ~ Hubby, kiddos and my parents ~ all to church this morning without me. It’s in that moment, when the door closes, and...
Jul 16, 20088 minInfertility and Pregnancy LossStill Positive After All These Years.I’ve come a long way in making peace with the infertility that has affected my life for so many years. A long ways. I still don’t like it...
Nov 20, 200711 minAdoptionWhen Pain Is What It Is.Here I was, all set today to finally pull myself up and talk about the good things that adoption has brought to my life. It is Adoption...
Dec 20, 20062 minHoly DaysMy Christmas Love“This child should be here but her path went another way, to heaven instead of to earth.” I’m sitting here in the cold, hugging my babies...
Jul 19, 20053 minAdoptionJamie-NoelI have spent a good deal of the last several hours thinking about Jamie-Noel, who would be three today if she had lived longer than the...