Melissa | April 30, 2011
With Ty reaching his 2 year home mark this week, I thought the subject of adoption celebrations would be an appropriate for this week.
Adoption celebrations. To do or not to do. That is the question.
Actually the bigger question is probably what to call them.
While most families do celebrate the arrival of their adopted child into [...]
Melissa | April 27, 2011
I totally meant to post about Ty’s Airplane Day yesterday. You know, on his actual Airplane Day. But I didn’t. Bad Mommy. I considered pre-dating a post so when I looked back I would think I had been on the ball. But I didn’t.
So yesterday, 2 years ago, Ty took his first steps onto American [...]
Melissa | April 25, 2011
If you go by the number is the “W” column, baseball has been 100% better than soccer as PJ says. The 7/8 Mets won their 3rd in a row tonight. Bigger than that, though, were the 2 times PJ got on base. He’s really struggled with his timing but if tonight’s an indicator, he’s coming [...]
Melissa | April 23, 2011
Maybe your spouse isn’t on board…yet.
Maybe your kids are too little.
Maybe you can’t afford it.
Maybe you’re overwhelmed by the process.
There are many reasons families are not ready to dive into the adoption process even if they want to. The good news is that there are a conglomeration of other ways to serve orphans without adopting. [...]
Melissa | April 21, 2011
Every year we start seedlings inside and every year they either die before we can get them outside or they don’t survive a week once they get outside. Then we stomp out and buy pre-started plants or just re-sow straight into the ground. We’ve had the most success with sowing into the ground when we [...]
Melissa | April 16, 2011
The adoption journey (specifically the journey of bringing your child home) will be full of bumps, delays, and uncertainties. So be prepared.
Does that mean adoption isn’t worth it? NO. Jesus persevered through quite a few “bumps” to get us into His family.
Are the bumps fair? NO. But then neither is life in general…at least that’s [...]
Melissa | April 14, 2011
They’ve been roaming my house lately.
And then dissappearing…as I hear one of them does.
Melissa | April 13, 2011
Yikes! My oldest is officially 8 today!
He came into the world determined to know how it worked and hasn’t stopped amazing us since.
Baseball is currently running through his head…learning how to be a better batter, finding out he loves catching, keeping up with the Orioles (standings, schedules, and scores)…at least when he’s not building with [...]
Melissa | April 9, 2011
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about breaking down walls within the adoption community. This week I want to challenge adoptive families to evaluate the walls between them and the rest of the world. An adoptive mom recently posted the following in a transracial adoptive family forum:
I had a conversation with a friend recently and [...]
Melissa | April 4, 2011
If you know me in real life, you know I’m a pretty simple gal when it comes to clothes. I prefer to think of it as “classic” rather than “dated” when I realize I have clothes in my closet with a lifespan older than my kids. Being budget-minded makes it really hard to [...]
