Kudos to my friends on the Yahoo boards who have posted this little bit of humor in the midst of a very str ...
I admit it: I listen to country music. Go ahead – slap your screen if you want, but you won’t stop me f ...
My family has a fondness for the phrase “Bleacher Butt”. It harkens back to the days when we’d sit on our p ...
One year ago today, our agency sent our completed dossier off to China, thus giving us our “DTC” date (Dossier ...
For months now, Nathan and I have been listening to CDs ...
“I suppose you could say that everyone has an El Guapo. For some, shyness may b ...
Like a scene out of “Groundhog Day”, we made the trek back to Cleveland to have our fingerprints scanned at the ...
Since I’ve done a significant amount of whining lately ...
If you’ve been thinking lately about contributing to the Nathan and Lisa Adoption Fund, here’s a great way ...
My first pregnancy (Cameron) gave new meaning to the song “It Ain’t Easy Bei ...
Last summer, when I needed a little “Retail Therapy” to help with the adoption paperwork stress, I bought s ...
I am feeling grumpy and discouraged these days, thinking that this whole thing will never happen. I, along with ...
Children are a blessing, no matter which way they enter a family. Here is another poem I’ve always liked.< ...
Many times I have mentioned the CCAA (China Center of ...
For over a year now, I’ve wanted to put together an au ...
It never ceases to amaze me how small the world is. A re ...
When we started seriously considering adoption, I had just turned 30. This is the magical minimum age that ...
Since we’re about four months away from our referral, I thought it would be fun to start taking some guesse ...
I’m sure with that catchy title that y’all are expecti ...
Part of the loot we are asked to take to
Idle time is something I avoid at all costs. If I don’t have work to do, I make some up—usually something invol ...
Here I am, waiting for an envelope to come in the mail.
It is becoming apparent to me that I cannot tell the future with any degree of accuracy. With both preg ...
Now that the boys are settled in their bunk beds (and I should probably mention that they still need a little help from mom an ...
After months of hearing about the CCAA (China Center of Adoption Affairs) moving from one physical location ...
Just recently, I read a journal of a family who is currently traveling to adopt their third little girl fro ...
“Work and wait, work and wait is what God says to us in creation.” ...
Bought a money order. Typed a letter. Sent them to the USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration Services). Thi ...
A little over a year ago, we traveled three hours to
It was nearly two years ago that I (Lisa) began wrestling with whether to adopt or whether to birth another ...
In the latest batch of referrals that were sent from
With all the “nothingness” happening with the adoption, it was time to DO SOMETHING to at least make us fee ...
This makes two Father’s Days that have passed since we decided to adopt you. Last year, I (Nathan) fully ex ...
The Chinese admire jade above all other valuable materials, even gold and ivory. What is “cool” abo ...
Today is my baby boy Zack’s second birthday. When we started the adoption process, he was 6 months old. That wa ...
Why the Long Face? Or in our case, Why the Long Wait? Or rather, Why t ...
Mother’s Day 2006. Last year at this time, I thought for sure we would have seen our daughter’s face by now – maybe even ...
We were just informed by our agency that our fingerprints will need to be done again. Last year, we made a three hour tr ...
Do you ever wonder what it’s like to be an orphan? I’ve had 16 months to lie awake at night thinking about that ...
I never have been very good at figuring out the 18 remote ...