I WILL NEVER GIVE UP. HE WILL GRADUATE. HE WILL LIVE INDEPENDENTLY. HE WILL FIND TRUE LOVE. HE WILL SURVIVE. HE WILL SHOWER REGULARLY. OR I WILL DIE TRYING. ~MOM
Great blog Ali! The hubby and I have been talking about creating a website...but this looks like more fun...You have inspired me! Writing is the BEST therapy...I used to write A LOT! Then life got busy...what a lame excuse!
Can't wait to see after pics. $180 jeans?! Yikes... What kind of jeans were they...sagging kind like Doug's. :-X Does he always wear them like that or he's lost weight and they're falling down? lol.
Ali(40) & Ricky/Yogi(46) Crawford,
Kristin 20.5(college JUNIOR) Doug 18.5(Army National Guard soldier)
Jackson 13ish(adopted from HAITI in 03, living & thriving with HIV)
Kendyl 4.5(post infertility surprise bio child), and the grand finale
Shawn Alan Boone, 2 1/3, full African American, but very fair, (adopted at birth from Little Rock, Arkansas)
"The process of adopting a child pushes your personal envelope as a woman, as a mother, and ultimately, as a human being. It takes more courage than you think you have, offers more self-knowledge than you think you want, and resembles your characteristics into someone familiar but changed." -Jana Wolff, Secret Thoughts of an Adopted Mother
nature's first green is gold her hardest hue to hold her early leaf's a flower but only so an hour then leaf subsides to leaf so Eden sank to grief so dawn goes down to day nothing gold can stay -Robert Frost
Just because...
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I'm trying to make up for lost {blogging} time
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Winners!
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If you're a lucky winner, please send me an email with your mailing address using the link below my photo in the upper left. If I don't hear from you by Frid...
Still Not Dead...
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...or back on line. After spending 15 minutes on hold yesterday to follow up on the call Chuck made Friday complaining about our lack of internet, I was told...
Finishing well
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Over the past two years my parents have started to talk about "finishing
well". What they mean by that was mostly related to what they would do with
the ...
Triplet Update…
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I am happy to tell you after only 10 days we have hit another milestone.
Last night all 3 girls woke up on their own, for food. Hope has been the
last ...
accepted and preparing!
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Kristin and Kate, here...So wow! We have both been accepted to the USAC
Puntarenas, Costa Rica program for the spring semester, 2010. We intend to
use this...
Today I helped a stranger
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I was driving home from Wal-mart - I turned the corner one mile from home.
I saw a man just finish crossing the street ahead of me, weighed down with
gr...
Starbucks and World AIDS Day
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I like fancy coffee drinks from Starbucks. I'm not too crazy about their
super-strong normal coffee (because I'm a wimp and like my milk and
sweetener and...
What in the world…..
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What in the world is wrong with me? Ya know how you look at yourself, (and
believe me I have been looking at myself for years.) and think “I don’t look
so ...
HBD Annie
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This little
turkey
is two years
old today
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
TO
ANNIE GRACE!
Troy and Paige are taking the team out to Cazale for the day and night. Th...
Deborah Hage
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I love Deborah Hage. Her books are informative about parenting but also give
you some real back ground on how the trauma has effected our child. She does
i...
To all of you
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Dear JM and Jeneil and Sarah-Sarah and Da Roomie and Nette the Viking andpixiemamaand
Jenn and Drama Mama and Michelle O. and Michelle S. and therealmamaedg...
north india, part iii – agra & delhi.
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agra. a night in a hotel we’d been to once before, just for tea after a long
day of sightseeing, but still a memory. this time we were actually staying
the...
A Toddler-Free Weekend
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My weekends usually look very much like my week days especially if Mike has
to work or is gone hunting. However, last weekend, I convinced him to take
Aman...
Tomorrow
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Tomorrow is a big day for us.Tomorrow it will have been two years since Ella passed away.If you weren't reading our blog when we were blessed with the wonder...
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
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His sermon topic, as promised, was No hiding Place Down Here. It was a
fairly weird mixture of traditional references and contemporary anecdotes.
The Apo...
a thankful heart
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This Thanksgiving, we are overcome with thankfulness...
[image: StellanABCJumper]
...for Stellan's healed heart.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!!!
Guilt.
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We have had such a blessed month of November. Our kids are finally safe and
sound in our arms forever. They will never be abused again, they will always
be...
Mystic Aquarium
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Rich had a business trip to Mystic, Connecticut, and the kids and I were
able to go along. The hotel was right across from the aquarium, so it was
really ...
The Trip
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People have been asking how our trip went, and I realized the blog world may
like to hear, too, so here goes. And even if you aren't interested, well,
it's...
IT IS DONE!!!!!!!
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I meant to post yesterday but for some reason Blogger doesn't work with my
iphone except for reading and posting comments. I think there is a trick I'm
mis...
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Not the news we wanted to hear… This morning (about 5am) we got news from
our lawyer that he was unable to secure us a court date with the “good
judge” nex...
Giving Thanks
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Tomorrow my family will celebrate Thanksgiving. Our newest son Alex will
join in the festivities for the very first time, while my Father Alex will
no long...
NO NEWS YET
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I haven't posted for a while, because there's not a lot happening. We did
meet with the young man and his wife, in new Castle, IN. They are a super
young c...
thankful
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married to best friend
three beautiful and hilarious children
getting out of IBESR
flexible jobs
supportive friends
a home I love
awesome neighbors
living by...
A Fundraiser for Our Adoption
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I have several brand new Vera Bradley handbags on Ebay as a fundraiser for
our adoption. If you need a nice gift for a good cause for a lady on your
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Do NOT overreact.
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Because Jaysen does NOT appreciate a huge "deal" being made over, well,
pretty much anything. He is not one to accept your typical positive
reinforcement- ...
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Okay, so here's the real deal people. This blog is suffering. You know it
and I know it. It's downright pathetic.
The problem is this: when you decide to b...
Lying for Love
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First, down to business. The blog world is alive with a zillion give aways,
and Shanti has lured me in. It' s not really the prize, but the fact that I
lik...
Thanksgiving........
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Photos of festivities later - I am just overwhelmingly thankful for Christ's
sacrifice at the cross right now. Without His act 2000 years ago my life
would...
Magical Milk Pic-o-the-Week
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(photo by reader and new online pal who I stalk regularly, over at We Are
Fambly) My favorite pics are from actual, real-live readers. So, don't think
you ...
Pass the Dos Equis and the pecan pie
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So, numbers two and eight,it is. Thanks for all the kind comments. Being
able to immerse myself in the wonders of nature is very good therapy.
Trying t...
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Great blog Ali! The hubby and I have been talking about creating a website...but this looks like more fun...You have inspired me! Writing is the BEST therapy...I used to write A LOT! Then life got busy...what a lame excuse!
Can't wait to see after pics. $180 jeans?! Yikes... What kind of jeans were they...sagging kind like Doug's. :-X Does he always wear them like that or he's lost weight and they're falling down? lol.
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