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We are slowing but surely making our way. Teshy will have been home for 6 weeks this weekend. I can't believe it. Mostly I feel like he's been with us much longer. It's still hard and tiring and...
View ArticleThe day before the birth
Today is the day before Elia's birthday. But in my body it is the day before her BIRTH. Her birthday has nothing to do with it. SHE has nothing to do with what my body is doing to me today. It is...
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She's FIVE!
Holy moly. I can't believe it. FIVE! I loved spending today with her. We had a beautiful day full of lots of special 'treats' for the birthday girl. Starting with a trip to our favorite coffee...
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Eight Weeks In
We are eight weeks home with Tesh. It's been a whirlwind, that's for sure. I don't even know for sure what to say. Whatever goobly gook comes out right now is directly affected by severe sleep...
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Sisters
Our time in Ethiopia was rough. I'm not going to lie. It wasn't the end-all-be-all sister bonding trip like some people thought we were having. I knew it wouldn't be. I'm sure she did, too. I'm...
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May Day
When I was a little girl, I'll never forget the first May Day basket I received. It was hanging on our garage door from a neighbor. It was made from a school cafeteria milk carton, cut in half,...
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Feeling Crummy
I'm missing my baby girl's last soccer game right now. Out of eight games this season, we made the last three. Sickness and life got in the way. And of the last three, Luke has taken her to all of...
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Beliefs and Adoption
We all believe different things and in different ways which means we are all going to come to adoption from a different place and there are ten thousand different roads to walk before bringing a child...
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Three Months Home
My biggest challenge is still how do I become comfortable in my new normal. I can't seem to get it all together and I hate the feeling of feeling loose at the seams. I missed a doctor's appointment...
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A VERY Needed Date
Luke and I have had about 3-4 dates since Tesh came home. I insisted. He did, too. We KNOW we have to put our relationship first. We obviously haven't really done that in the last few months, but I...
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Random Bits of Love
i am love- this shirt! perfection.Love the quote on the backlast day of school! Mandatory Memorial Day BeverageA boy and his zen garden
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Four Months Home
I keep thinking that I'm going to get time to write a thoughtful post. Who am I kidding? So in the interest of letting myself off the hook, I will again resort to bullet points. My beautiful, sweet,...
View ArticleBBC Article - In the Heart of the Home
This article went live today. I was honored to be interviewed by Hewete Haileselassie for the BBC Focus on Africa magazine last month. I do feel like some of the quotes over-simplified the matter....
View ArticleOn the Verge of Becoming Me
I've been saying this a lot lately. To a lot of people. That I'm on the verge of becoming a new me. That I'm not sure yet who that is, but I no longer am fearful of who it's going to be. This shift...
View ArticleToday I Stop
Somehow (I know exactly how) I gained 20 pounds in the last seven months. Ho.ly Shit. I'm not proud. I'm trying not to feel shame. I'm going to try to approach this with honesty and love. Food took...
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Five Months Home!
I'm tired tonight, but I'm going to force myself to write this, because I really do want to document what is happening at five months home. Five months! I can't believe that five months feels like a...
View ArticleBelly Sleeping
In the last few days, Tesh has insisted that we sleep belly to belly during his nap time. As in, he wants our skin touching belly to belly. I find this fascinating. My gut tells me this is very...
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Six Months!
Oh yeah. I have a blog. Cripes. I went back to work. Besides that, I have very poor excuses. Oh, except that I squeezed every ounce of summer out of summer and did a lot of personal work to begin...
View Articleso.much
Sometimes life feels like too much. Sometimes it feels like so.much. You know abundance and all that?I'm feeling like I'm balancing between the two right now. In some ways I feel so grateful and in...
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What grief looks like.
Wow. I was simply going to go talk about additional tools for attachment. Didn't realize I was going to create a small mountain of Kleenex before I left. Alas. This is what grief looks like. At...
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