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The Guilt
The guilt is relentless. Enjoy them. They grow up so fast. You’ll be back at work soon. You’ll never have this time again. Don’t take it for granted. This is an unprecedented time. Use your moments well. Embrace the hours. Don’t waste the moments. Especially the...
Things I’ve Learned In Kindergarten
I’ve been spending a lot of time in kindergarten lately: one to four hours every day. It’s been an enlightening experience and I’ve learned a lot from these five and six year olds, especially in the body science class. 😬 (Kindergarten is a whole lot different these days!)
This Is Hard
This is hard. Really hard. It’s rewarding. And amazing. And infinitely difficult. Sometimes expectations are too high. A lot of the time. Sometimes things click and it’s incredible. And inspiring. And then there’s the times nothing clicks. It all seems impossible. I...
Things That Are New To Stanley
Things that are new to Stanley (in no particular order): -air hand dryers in the bathroom -airplane rides -playing in the bathtub (bubbles are a hit!) -jackets (not a lot of jackets necessary in Haiti) -microwaves -putting your own ornaments on your Christmas tree...
Bringing Stanley Home
Written Thursday, December 5 We’ve been on the plane for three hours. It’ll be time to land in Dallas soon. Then we’ll have nine hours to try and sleep at the airport before we leave for Miami. We’ll have a quick layover and then we’ll board our flight for Port Au...
Helpless
Helpless: deprived of strength or power; powerless; incapacitated. Helpless: the only word that fits this situation. Haiti's citizens are in a state of desperation. They are trying to create a better country for themselves and right now that is resulting in chaos:...
Turning Darkness to Light
Imagine a world of darkness; a world that you can hear, touch, smell and even taste, but can’t see. That is the reality for 36 million people worldwide. 36 million people around the world are blind. But 28.8 million of them don't have to be because 80% of blindness is...
Meeting Stanley… There Are No Words
There really are no words. I’ve tried writing this post four or five times now. I don’t know how to start or what to write. Or how to describe any of it... How do I write about the culture shock of Haiti? How do I write about the sounds and the smells and the chaos?...
We Have Some News…
Sooooooo.... we have some news. 😍 As many of you know, Mark and I signed up to adopt from Ethiopia in February 2008. After numerous home study visits with a social worker, endless amounts of paperwork (bank statements, letters of employment, reference letters,...
The 180
The ability children have to do a 180 never ceases to amaze me. Smiling to frowning, happy to sad, content to infuriated all in a matter of seconds. One minute the birds are singing, the sun is shining and all is right in the world. The next minute the gates of hell...
