Category: Family
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Impromptu expedition
Some of our most easygoing new family friends, wonderful and admirable in their wisdom and self-sufficiency, invited us to tag along on Sunday to Salina Turda. New friends from Virginia Beach were in town, a connection made by their daughter who’s in Virginia Beach now with Work and Travel. As they rode in the car…
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The certificate in hand
Friday we got our actual final Certificate. Any moment now we are expecting a call… though I believe a month will pass before anything happens.
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Working through some heavy stuff
We still find joy in the mundane. And these days we spent the most enjoyable quality time ever, with our nephew Luca. Board games, pizza dates, conversations, ball games, dog chases, tickles and other stories … God is gracious.
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120 days and a report
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This is the building I wandered through, knocking at multiple doors, looking to get information about adoption. My stomach was in knots, and I had a lot of pent up emotions. I left discouraged. But my feelings in this place have changed so much this year.
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A prisoner of your own wealth
We have been asked more times than we can recall “why would you move away from Silicon Valley”. You can’t understand until you’ve lived there. It is an amazing place, but it is not the ultimate place. We left because we had somewhere to be. We were pursuing financial simplicity. We were pursuing adoption in…
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4 girls?
As we’ve prepared to become adoptive parents in this Romanian county, with a certain law governing the entire country, but with small and big adaptations per region, per county, we’ve built up anticipation. We wanted to adopt two children at once, thinking we can multitask, two is better than one, and they’ll also have play…
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Keeping busy
“When you don’t look for work yourself, the devil will find something for you to do.” (grandparents wisdom) As we reached a point of apparent complete fulfillment, we took our time to observe it intently, and realized that financial stability, career, marriage and wanting for nothing is not enough. We wanted a challenge. We wanted…
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Aaaand we’re back!
I’ve had in the past, the feeling that I can’t quite catch up with my feelings, my inner self, my thoughts. But this trip to Dublin was crisp, in the air and in the mind. Just before hopping on the plane I repurchased the book called “Boundaries” written by two christian psychologists. A brilliant book…
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How boundaries got me the best husband in the world
It was during the first weeks of dating. We got physical pretty early, if the first night we met counts. As we sat near each other at the restaurant, a few beers into the late evening, Conrad moved his elbow closer and closer to mine, above the table, barely touching my pinky with his pinky.…
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My childhood
Today we spent two hours with the psychologist. The last meeting with her. She observed half way through that I am a perfectionist. I disagreed with her. But as the conversation progressed I realized that what she meant was that I am a doer (Apple called it “Responsibility”). I get involved and I have to…
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Spiritual warfare
In my whole life, I had not had so much spiritual warfare in most areas of my life. We are in the middle of the adoption process and everything is going great there. And along with that, Conrad and I feel encouraged, happy and fulfilled – a very good season in our marriage. But the…
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Conrad’s family background
We spent the morning with the social worker reminiscing about Conrad’s childhood, activities, family values and traits, stories, parenting style and how they will influence Conrad’s role as a father. I must confess I got homesick for California. And the idyllic childhood Conrad had. Mom and Dad you are the greatest!