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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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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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Adoption Memories- 3 Months Home 2014

Mandy — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:05:07 +0000

You Make Beautiful Things We have been home with Little Man for just over three months now. I fully intended to post regularly on this blog, but it seems that each month-iversary is the best I can manage. Ha! Life has settled into a much better routine. Little Man has...

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Adoption Memories – One Month Home 2014

Mandy — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:00:22 +0000

One Month Home Today Little Man has been home for one whole month! I can’t believe how fast the time flew by! In some ways, I feel like we just got back, but in other ways, I feel like he has been here for years. Little Man is losing...

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Adoption Memories – Two Weeks Home

Mandy — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 23:55:37 +0000

Two weeks home Well, I had every intention of blogging each day that we were in country, and updating frequently after we arrived home. Obviously, that didn’t happen. So I guess I should start with where I left off. Our first two days in country were awesome! We landed on...

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Adoption Memory- Pickup Trip Day 1

Mandy — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 23:48:29 +0000

Day 1 Good morning! Or good evening…I’m not entirely sure which time zone I am addressing. 😉 Welcome to the musings of my sleep-deprived brain which is also functioning under a recent dose of Benadryl (I will beat jet lag this trip!)…hopefully that kicks in soon. It is 5:15 am...

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Adoption Memories- Preparing for Pick Up 2014

Mandy — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 23:45:45 +0000

Preparing our Hearts We are counting down the DAYS until we leave to go get Little Man. Baby Girl has started saying we are going to “bust him out”, and in many ways that’s exactly how it feels. He has been a prisoner in his crib for far too long....

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Adoption Memory – January 2014

Mandy — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 23:37:18 +0000

Toes in the Water Apparently I have been slacking in keeping this blog up-to-date! As of yesterday, our dossier is on its way to Little Man’s country! (The dossier is the giant stack of paperwork that we have been working on over the last few months. It includes our home...

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