Lux et umbra vicissum…

I’m writing this out of necessity because I’ve referred people to them in previous posts and feel the need to post an update.  I still believe their mission is a wonderful one, but for various reasons which I don’t need to go into here (there are two sides to this and I’m not willing to […]

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I thought it would be so much easier when I didn’t have one enrolled in preschool.  After all, I wouldn’t have to make a midday trip out to drop them off or pick them up two or three days a week.  Truth was, I was simply closing my eyes to reality, plugging my ears with […]

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It’s the day when I am delivered of the end-of-summer child boredom that leads to whining and fighting.  It’s the day that inspires so many parents to say, “Hallelujah!!  This is the day the Lord has made!!!” Yes, it’s the first day of school. Alexis was fully charged this morning.  She was so excited I […]

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Why do my children choose times such as this to outgrow all of their shoes????  Don’t they know we’re trying to save money here???????  And of course, at least three of them need new ones because we don’t have any in the size they need.  I’m hoping I’ll find some in our stash of hand-me-downs […]

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The big, multifamily yard sale at Round Hill Ruritans club was yesterday.  It was pretty big, all right.  Inside, there were nine tables set up, and outside were… a bunch.  I was inside so I only saw the outside vendors from the window.  I was just as glad I was inside… they said it was […]

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You’d think if I determined I had the body of a goddess I’d be pleased. It’s just tough luck that when I get a goddess body, it turns out to be modeled after the fertility goddesses…

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Joel’s at work, and now that Eli’s not eating Desta’s chapstick the kids all seem to be playing quietly for a moment.  I shall try to seize that moment…. Adoption: Home study update, which should have been done long ago, is finally within reach.  *pause to change a stinky diaper*  All we need, I think, […]

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PRAISE THE LORD!!!!! He (he’s way to large and clunky to be a girl) has been christened “Red Rover” by Alexis. God is awesome!!!!!  Now to focus those prayers on the adoption funds coming in… 😉

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Please pray over us and our Ethiopian items for next Saturday, August 24th!  I managed to procure an indoor table at a large community yard sale in Round Hill, VA, and I’ll be setting up to sell all of the items I brought back from Ethiopia (except one statue which my father-in-law very kindly purchased […]

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That’s really what she looked like yesterday after I braided and beaded her hair and had her all dressed for church. 🙂 Eli insisted on being in the picture, too…

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