I Want To Be Like Woogie.
My life has changed a lot in the last six months. A whole, whole lot. Prior to the last six months, the previous ten years of my life had been spent homeschooling my kids full time. As many of you … Continued
Easing Into Spring
I’m not doing so swell with these weekly blog posts as of lately. Life has been a little busy. Everything is going well- I just don’t have a lot of minutes to stop and reflect and then write. I’m working … Continued
Chapel’s CAT Scan
Last week was pretty rough for our little love muffin. I think the visits and tests had her all out of whack and then she got sick again and ran fever all week. It was tough for her. Thankfully she … Continued
God Has a Plan- Chapel Update
While we were walking through the adoption process to bring Chapel home, I purchased a shirt from a ministry called Orphan’s Hands. The front of it says in signs, “If you were born, God has a plan.” I’m wearing it … Continued
Forward and Backward
It’s a common saying that with adopted children and the days, months and years that follow- there is often a two steps forward and one step back kind of progress. It’s so true. There are months of leaps forward and … Continued
A Beautiful Unfolding
There are so many good things going on in the Reed house right now. Some really great things. To be honest, there has been some hard sowing for quite a few months and we are seeing the beginnings of harvest … Continued
The Progression of the Boy Man
It’s something very curious to watch your little boys grow into young men. I must say, the transition seems to begin slowly and then before you realize it the tiny hand that used to insist on clamping tightly to yours … Continued
A Reedling Christmas
I’ve been meaning to post for quite some time and share a little piece of Christmas around our old house. But due to my effort to chillax this Christmas and really focus on my family, it looks like the Christmas … Continued
Next Steps
On Monday and Tuesday of this week Danny and I were able to take Chapel to see several specialists and get a game plan together for her. It was incredible to have so many doctors teaming up to do what … Continued
Leaps and Bounds
People often refer to progress with having an adopted child home as being a three step forward, two steps back sort of dance; and we have surely seen that in all of our adoptions. There are so many things … Continued