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The Suffering Tree – Trembling Branches and Secure Roots

Mandy — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 01:09:35 +0000

Lament is not the absence of praise. It is simply the path through pain to praise.

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God’s Astounding Sovereignty in Broken Bodies and Hurting Hearts

Mandy — Mon, 20 May 2024 02:27:32 +0000

And on my knees, gently shaking CJ’s unresponsive body and between my sobs begging him to wake up, I heard my most desperate prayer groan out of my mouth, “Oh God, HELP!”

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Holding Onto Hospitals and Hope

Mandy — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 22:41:23 +0000

The last month has been nothing like I planned. We spent almost half a year preparing for a major spinal surgery for my son, whose scoliosis suddenly curved to 100 degrees and was in the beginning stages of compromising his heart and lungs. CJ carries on his small shoulders a...

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Tearing off the Roof

Mandy — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 03:01:11 +0000

Our kids spend a large portion of their days dancing and singing (read: screaming) along to music playing on YouTube. Something about watching singers on TV makes them feel like they are at, or maybe they are, a fun concert. Their favorites are some phenomenal worship songs. Lyrics that have...

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Holding Torches and Pushing Wheelchairs

Mandy — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 21:22:54 +0000

Hospitals have become a bit of a second home for us. As a child, I didn’t have much exposure to medical facilities or people who frequently needed significant medical care. In college, I bounced around a bit hoping to land on the right major and dreaming of all sorts of...

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Adoption Memories July 2015

Mandy — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:21:58 +0000

Learning to Laugh One year ago today, Little Man’s case was brought before a judge on the other side of the world, and he was legally declared our son. I think back to this time last year and I can remember the overwhelming flood of emotions- the relief that he...

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Adoption Memories – 9 months home 2015

Mandy — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:19:28 +0000

Always Victorious Little Man has been home for 9 months now. I marvel at the changes we see in him on a weekly basis. It seems that things have truly settled into a normal routine. Things do not feel “new” anymore. Instead, life has become a beautiful phase of rest...

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Adoption Memories – 8 months home 2015

Mandy — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:15:58 +0000

Then they will be brave and free… Little Man has been in our arms for just over 8 months now. Can you believe it? I can’t. He has learned SO much in the last two or three months. We were recently at an appointment with a new doctor when he...

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Adoption Memories – 6 months home 2015

Mandy — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:12:23 +0000

Sanctification Hello, friends! Tomorrow will mark 6 months since Gotcha Day for Little Man! This is the marker I have been waiting for. Half a year. We have survived half a year. Most experts say by six to twelve months home, we should be settling into some kind of “normal.”...

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Adoption Memories – December 2014

Mandy — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:08:29 +0000

The Light of the World Today is 4 months since Gotcha Day! It honestly feels like an eternity ago. I don’t really even remember life with just one kid, although I am trying to figure out why I used to think I always had my hands full then. I had...

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