Author: Jamie
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When life is out of sorts
During my early thirties, my formerly well-ordered life fell apart; it was a hard time but the aftermath brought me to a deeper faith than ever before. For the first time, I began really listening to God and doing my best to follow Jesus instead of calling all the shots in life. For the next…
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Advice on adopting a teen: Reader Q&A
Balancing what I share publicly and what I don’t is always tricky, especially when it comes to our adoptions. I always want to provide a rainbow-and-unicorn free place to talk about adoption, especially older-child foster adoption, since that’s our area of experience. (I was going to say “expertise” but I’ve come to believe no one…
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Homeschooling on Island Time
“Island time is one of those delightful double entendres. On the one hand it refers to pace, a certain slack attitude towards the clock. But it also refers to time well spent, away, in a place that refreshes the spirit and cleanses the soul.” – This Slow Life We don’t live in the Caribbean. Ken…
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My fitness journey (so far!)
My facebook status from April 25, 2009: “Today my dad planted a garden, worked out at the gym, and detailed his truck. Any ONE of those would have worn me out, but he’s 68! I am a giant wuss, and must start working out!!!” It’s been over a year now since I got serious about…
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The 100 Day Project
So there’s this thing on instagram that has, apparently, been around a few years but I must’ve overlooked it. This year, a few of my instagrammy friends are participating and I felt like it was a project I could do to challenge myself a little but wouldn’t be too hard to actually accomplish. The project…