...is more important than bearing children.This sentence, in the midst of an enormous quote by John Piper, took my breath away today. It almost caused me to fall to my knees...You see, bearing children has been at the forefront of my mind for 3 years...three.long.years.And in that time, I've had many arguments with God, I've prayed, I've questioned, I've pondered, I've cried, … [Read more...]

I received my first ever bag of Just Love Coffee coffee this afternoon! I was so excited...I could smell it from the postal envelope!I'd highly recommend trying some, especially if you know a specific adoptive family that has set up their own Just Love Coffee site. If you purchase from their family site, a portion of the sale goes towards their adoption!Can't get much better … [Read more...]

As I prepare my mind and heart for our first Teen Talk Tuesday (TTT) topic of purity (...grab the button to your right!), I continue to come across relevant material.I don't feel led to speak about the topic of "The Gift of Single-ness" in relation to TTT, so I figured I would share a blog that I've come to love and today's post on God's provision for single women.Q has briefly … [Read more...]

Well, it is Tuesday, but we received our homestudy through email this afternoon!!! Oh, how exciting! I have skimmed through it and will sit down with Q to go over/correct it tonight!One more step...done!On another note, I stopped by the AdoptUsKids.org website this afternoon and ran across this precious boy. Can he get any cuter!? Unfortunately, since our homestudy hasn't … [Read more...]

I need prayers for patience, friends!! As I stated in my last post, we were supposed to have a draft of our homestudy sent to us by...yesterday. Well, 5pm rolled around and, you guessed it, no homestudy! I emailed our social worker at 5:02pm and she replied within 5 minutes stating that she'd been sick. Oh, how frustrating. Why couldn't she have sent me an email and let me … [Read more...]