Tuesday Topic: Changes in Birth Order
Taking a Breath
My Learning Curve: Meat + More Meat = Security
Walking Humbly
One More First Day of School
Madison’s Run
Dr.Karyn Purvis’ New Sensory Resource!
My Learning Curve: That Darn Beef Jerky
My Learning Curve: Making a Food Plan
My friend, Jennifer, has been writing a great series of post on school, and in particular, school and her adopted children. Stop by and spend a few moments, it will be well worth your time.
I also happen to know that she has a great post set to go for Monday.
Happy Sunday!
~Lisa
Happy Sunday! Stop by my friend, Signe’s blog, Letting Love Cover It and read her great post, Where Are We? I loved it.
I’m blessed to live only a few minutes away from Signe and have her along on this wild adoption ride.
~Lisa
This is the sweetest video; you must watch it. Eileen shared the story of her daughter’s healing with me and rather than just send you to the No Hands But Ours site, I decided to post it here. I want to increase the odds that you will actually click on it!
You can also visit the original post, My Baby Tells Her Story.
I watched this with several of my kids and we were all laughing and crying. Sweet Pea is going to share it with her fellow med students — it’s that good.
Happy Sunday.
~Lisa
I have a list of blogs to add to my Blogroll, but somehow I haven’ t gotten around to that task…probably because I can’t quite remember how to do it. Tonight I decided to at least browse through the folder of blogs to add, and I stopped by Deutschland, where I read this post, Wanted: Adoptive Parents: Must Want Kids. I liked what she had to say and I think you might too.
Russ will be home from Kenya in just a few hours and I am ready to fall on my knees giving thanks to God. I’ll try to resist the urge to do that at the airport. I’ll write about his trip and share pictures later this week.
Happy Sunday! Happy Father’s Day!
~Lisa
Jen wrote this sweet post about her first year of homeschooling; it made me feel so nostalgic. This fall will bring my twentieth year of homeschooling — even I can’t believe it.
Take a moment to read, Things I Have Learned During This, My First Year, of Homeschooling.
Happy Sunday.
~Lisa
Angela has a short and important message on her blog “…expecting” this week. Take a moment to read what she has to say.
Have a lovely Sunday.
~Lisa
Take a moment to stop by Our Little Tongginator to read the post God and Adoption. Tonggu Momma puts into words many of the thoughts I have about adoption. She quotes another writer who says, “Adoption is a redemptive response to a tragedy.” I could not agree more.
I have very, very mixed emotions about adoption. That may sound odd coming from an adoptive mother who is fighting with all I have for my adopted children’s healing. I love my children, but they had to suffer great loss, losing their birth mothers, being orphaned and alone, before they needed me. Adoption is the best solution for them, but I’m sorry that their lives were such that it became necessary.
I have SO much more I could write one this topic, but for today, I’m going to leave it to Tonggu Momma. The comments to her post are worth your time as well.
Have a lovely Sunday.
~Lisa
This Sunday, I encourage you to take a moment to visit Another Espresso Please to read Coffeemom’s post, Stepping Out. If Coffeemom lived near me, she would have to be my friend…even if she didn’t want to be.
Her raw and honest post about post-adoption depression should be read by all families considering adoption, especially older child adoption. Adopting older children is wonderful, painful, incredible, and complicated. It will stretch you in ways you cannot imagine, but that stretching may be just what you (I) need.
~Lisa
This week’s Sunday Visit is to Urban Servant, a blog I have been enjoying lately. Dorothy’s post about FASD made me pause. We hear of children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, but what happens to adults who were never diagnosed, or to children as they grow up? Take a moment to read Dorothy’s thoughts.
~Lisa
Do you want to read a fun “mom story”? It will make you laugh…and think.
Go to Suzan’s blog, Red Ribbon Diaries, and read The Boy Who Cried “Hawk”.
Happy Sunday!
~Lisa
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