Melissa | July 30, 2011
More often than not, adoption homecomings come at the end of a lot of agonizing red tape and waiting. Sometimes they mark the end of an infertility journey as well. Who wouldn’t want to celebrate such a joyous occasion?
However, imagine yourself as an infant who emerged into the world only to find you couldn’t find [...]
Melissa | July 29, 2011
I’m currently listening through the Empowered to Connect track of this year’s Summit. The first presentation is Michael and Amy Monroe’s Parenting from the Inside Out.
I’ll be honest. I’ve heard it before. A couple times actually. It convicts me each time. Then I ignore it.
Let me back up. I’ve alluded to their premise before [...]
Melissa | July 28, 2011
Melissa | July 23, 2011
If you venture down the path of international adoption, someone will inevitably ask “Why go overseas when there are so many needy children here?”
Here are some common answers (we’ve only ever used the first one):
God called us to fill in the blank with the country from where you are adopting.
It’s a personal decision.
We are afraid [...]
Melissa | July 20, 2011
A weekend with Grandpa and Grandma is never dull. It might include a local fishing derby in one county
where PJ catches an eel.
Then we could end up two counties over
playing colonial games,
and carding
and spinning wool.
The next day it wouldn’t be unusual to walk around Annapolis and then tour what was once the nation’s largest estate.
Melissa | July 16, 2011
Adoptions are often characterized by waiting. You wait for people to get paperwork to you, you wait for a referral, you wait to travel, you wait for your child to adjust.
For most international programs, the majority of wait time is wrapped up in getting a referral. In our area, there’s actually a decent wait to [...]
Melissa | July 13, 2011
When I sat through PJ’s kindergarten back-to-school night, I was fascinated as I listened to the teacher explain why the school taught cursive first and exclusively until fourth grade. I was pretty sold then but now that two of the kids have been through that kindergarten program learning cursive, our third is a lefty, and [...]
Melissa | July 12, 2011
Our Native American Unit would certainly not be complete without a tee pee. We’ve been talking a lot about which resources the Native Americans in the Plains would have had (bison skin, sticks, etc.) and what they wouldn’t have (store-bought paint, cotton fabric, etc.). We attempted to make our little tee pee with as many [...]
Melissa | July 9, 2011
The six of us stood with a week’s worth of luggage and looked from the small Korean mini-van to our fearless driver. Panic began to set in when I realized Holt was not used to seeing such a large party arrive to pick up a child, and there was good chance we weren’t all going [...]
