Author: Jamie
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Adopting a teen: 8 years later
As of last Sunday, it has been eight years since the day we finalized Lindsey’s adoption. In the courtroom on Lindsey’s adoption day, 2009: Eight years. In many ways, that feels like a lifetime ago. I look at that picture and I can hardly remember who we were then. Some of you have been reading…
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6 things making me happy right now
It doesn’t take much to make me happy, really. I have a few requirements: sleep; tea; a little sunshine, or if it’s a cloudy/rainy day, more sleep. Plus good workouts, and snippets of quiet whenever I can get them. But sometimes little things make me extra-happy. So I’m sharing a few of my current happy-making…
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Life lately: November 2017
“This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It’s knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work.” ~Mitch Albom I love this photo of our biggest and littlest in the family: Uncle Brandon and little Greyson….
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Adoption: greatest hits collection
In honor of National Adoption Month, I’m resharing some of my previous posts on the topic. If you’re a longtime reader, you already know this is an issue close to my heart. If you’re new, or if you (like me) tend toward a little motherhood-induced amnesia occasionally, I’ll tell our story in a nutshell before…
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The Day the Whale Came
When I was in elementary school, I read every book in the school library about any and every animal. The horse books by Marguerite Henry (like Misty of Chincoteague) were some of my favorites. To this day, I’m a sucker for an animal story. Book or movie: if there’s an animal involved, I’m probably going…