Category: Spiritual
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Conflict resolution
Today was another big day in our #adoptionjourney – I had the second meeting with the psychologist which lasted 2.5 hours. Today we evaluated my marriage relationship, decision to adopt, my childhood, my current extended relationships, daily activities, dealing with conflict, routines, meals and exercise etc. The role of the state in the adoption process…
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A month of meetings
…Not what you would expect though. During the month of May we will complete the parenting classes and the meetings with the psychologist. The first meeting was smooth and very encouraging.
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Who brings out the best in you?
How aware are you of the people who bring out the best in you? Who are they? How do you seek their company? What are their qualities? What exactly do they do to make you blossom? How do they build you up? How do they draw you to them, seemingly effortlessly? There are times when…
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A letter
The “20 things…” Adoption Book is pretty heavy, even depressing at times, but I like it. It is awakening. As it says in the beginning, many adoptive parents who start on this path in earnest, they romanticize the notion of adoption. I think this comes from a healthy mind and heart. Nobody would ever get…
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That first morning in Jaffa
In our very comfortable Airbnb apartment in the old town of TelAviv, Jaffa, while sipping freshly brewed yume coffee, we were talking about Christ, freedom and legalism. Can’t remember how we got to this. But Conrad read this text to Liviu and me. I am starting to love “the message” translation – it is mind-blowing…
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Living in the now and not yet
It’s a foggy Wednesday morning. I slept well. Conrad woke me up as usual with hot delicious coffee. It rained heavily last night and the ground is still wet. It smells heavenly: the grass, the flowers, the crops, even the cows whose milk we savor fresh every morning. Conrad is meeting with the Liviu and…
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The highs and the lows
I am often plagued by the question “What could I have done differently”. I say plagued because at the right time, with the right mindset this is a great question. While in the middle of it all, I need to remain focused on what still can and needs to be done.
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A conversation worth having
I worried that I will forget myself, that everything I learned and felt differently, if I don’t get it out as fast as I could, it would get buried. But I had to also trust my instinct. It didn’t feel right to talk over others, to impose my view, to ever start my conversations “in…
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Seasons of the soul
I assumed a variety of reasons for having to wait a year to apply for adoption, but now that we’ve been here for three months I realize how necessary this letting time wash over us is. My optimism gets in the way of letting go and feeling the complexity of this season. Today I recalled…
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Packing 30
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it!” ~ Goethe I love packing. It’s the anticipation of the trip, the planning, the visualizing of what’s to come. We bought new cutting sheets, we packed the crockpot, the kingsize fuzzy burgundy blanket. We bought a…