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Yes, but

We are entering what historically has proven to be an intense time of year in our family. Kids born into difficult circumstances canView full post »

Sparkles run in the family

Walking through the cluttered house this morning- laundry basket on hip, bare feet dancing the gauntlet of stray toys- my eyes caught aView full post »

Learning to Love as Five || Lulu’s first year Home

Hello!  [blows five inches of dust off blog] If anyone is still out there…Hope you are well. Between Instagram, facebook, and thatView full post »

With Thanksgiving, one year later

One year ago Rob and I were spending Thanksgiving on the other side of the globe in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – laying eyes and love onView full post »

The Question of Caring

Hello My Friends, I know this family, and think you must as well. Just one year ago the Olsson family was deep in battle to bring theirView full post »

Tiggers and Lulus Bounce

For some reason every time I watch this I think of all of Lulu’s friends from the transition home she lived in for her first year ofView full post »

And she’s off!

The truth of the matter is Fasi has been on the go-go-GO from about the very moment her tiny toes tested the waters of freedom back inView full post »

Addis meets Rocky Top

Lulu is 18-months-old already, pretty wild to think about. One of the many things she enjoys spending time doing (besides finding tinyView full post »

benediction

This past weekend I had the opportunity to get away (Thank you Rob!!!) and meet up with four other adoptive moms for two days ofView full post »

Are we there already?

I have not done a great job keeping up to date on all our summer happenings around here, and now here we are at the first day of school forView full post »

baby steps to English

We have rounded the four-month mark since arriving home, and every day when new (or sometimes old) challenges arise I have to remind myselfView full post »

A Recap on our Reset

We spent the latter half of June at the coast of Florida on what would become known as The Great Richmond Reset. After the past two yearsView full post »