"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."
I really like bagpipe music. Eli is watching Braveheart in the playroom, and I can hear the music but not the dialogue. And that’s fine by me. I’ve never seen Braveheart, although I’ve read a thorough summary, because I am really just too chicken to willingly and knowingly submit myself to a gory movie, regardless [...]
Posted on February 5th, 2007 by Dove
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Well, I think God had a lesson to teach me through my impatience. Writing that post yesterday was cathartic and taught me a lot. And this morning, after four days, the orphanage wrote back. It was brief, but encouraging. He said they do indeed have adoptable youngsters, but that there are many legal hurdles to [...]
Posted on February 5th, 2007 by Dove
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Okay, so I admit I was kind of bragging yesterday. Bragging that my kids aren’t picky, that they actually ate lentils and loved them. I hated those lentils today. I discovered that lentil skins don’t digest well when the kids don’t chew them well. Or, in Satchmo’s case, when the kid hasn’t any molars to [...]
Posted on February 5th, 2007 by Dove
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My friend Holly, who is also seeking to adopt a baby from Zambia, was recently told by one orphanage director that there were no babies to adopt in Zambia. What I believe she meant was that there were no babies in her orphanage that were adoptable, or that she would not place any of the [...]
Posted on February 4th, 2007 by Dove
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No kidding. Tonight, I made Lentil and Sausage Soup and served it with fresh-from-the-oven homemade bread. The girls ate every bite and Satchmo couldn’t get enough. I think he would have eaten more than me had I not declared an end to the meal. I love that my kids aren’t picky, and that they’re enthusiastic [...]
Posted on February 4th, 2007 by Dove
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