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I am sitting here in my parents’ St. Louis suburban home watching my little nephew flop and roll around on the floor, happy as a clam, content to put whatever is near him in his mouth.  It won’t be long … Continued

The picture above is a wonderful example of people we don’t even know stepping up to help us adopt. One of our friends, Bekah, teaches at Calvary Christian High School and explained to her students what we were doing. In … Continued

One of the tremendous blessings of going through the adoptive process is that we are beginning to see how insensitive we are to other people.  Not because we’re intentionally mean or vindictive or anything; if you know us at all, … Continued

**NOTE** This originally appeared on AddictedtoSaving.com, but many have asked it be posted here as a reference point since blog posts are updated so frequently there and tend to get “lost.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’m excited that Liza is letting me “guest … Continued

Last night Liza and I went out to eat at one of our favorite restaurants – Bonefish.  These days we don’t go out much; the job of a full-time blogger is never done (and as such, the job of the … Continued

(image credit: cepolina.com)  The best metaphor for the adoption process has to be a roller-coaster. There are days when we are flying high, energized, hopeful, expectant, and thoroughly content in the place God has us.  Then there are times when we … Continued