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Monthly Archives: January 2012

:: learning to trust

(if you can stick with this post to the end, you’ll find the beginning of a happy ending there) _____________ For those of you involved in foster care and adoption, you know the process in infinitely complicated. My introduction to the world of the fatherless, however, was made at the age of three and as…

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:: a confession

Last week, I had the sweet opportunity to spend a week in the frigid Midwest with my Lily and her wonderful family. Every minute was full and precious, but for my heart, one evening stood out as especially meaningful. A group of women – mostly strangers – gathered in the downstairs nook of a house…

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:: capture gratitude [241-250]

“There is no event so common place but that God is present within it, always hidden, always leaving you room to recognize Him or not to recognize Him.” ___________________________________ the sweetest gift of this past week was that I spent it with some of my favorite people in the world. The story of how Jesus…

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:: capture gratitude [231-240]

“There is no event so common place but that God is present within it, always hidden, always leaving you room to recognize Him or not to recognize Him.” _______________________________ 231. being home for Rachel’s wedding. It was absolute perfection. She was radiant. Justin adores her. Eli & Ellie walked down the isle without incident. She…

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:: a year to remember [part 2]

June 2011: The late summer of 2011 launched me into the wildest faith journey of my life, the details of which I cannot share here. From the moment each of our littles came into our lives, our desire was to see them in a family. God made it clear (in a special, different way for…

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