adoption

  "For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, do not fear; I will help you." ~ Isaiah 41:13 Because so many of you are so kind enough to ask, I want to update you on our adoption journey. At times…

The latest on our adoption journey can be read here: http://themagicbrushinc.blogspot.com/2013/01/we-finally-have-tiny-bit-of-news-our.html ************************************************************************* There are several previous posts including:http://themagicbrushinc.blogspot.com/2012/03/our-first-appointment-with-foster-care.html We are stepping over the threshold of fear at http://themagicbrushinc.blogspot.com/2012/03/adoption-update-stepping-over-threshold.html My word of the year = courage at http://themagicbrushinc.blogspot.com/2012/01/word-of-year-for-me.html I am not crazy at http://themagicbrushinc.blogspot.com/2011/11/walking-fine-line-between-faithful-and.html My life is not mine at http://themagicbrushinc.blogspot.com/2011/09/our-adoption-journey-part-ii-my-life-is.html…

......Continued from part 1. Click here if you missed it. Warning: this post is long. With few pictures. And many references to crazy conversations I have with God. I do hope you read it. So after months of paperwork and appointments, we sent in our adoption packets to 2 adoption…

When we began our paperwork to adopt domestically last October.....I had a friend tell me to "hold on for the ride...it's a roller coaster". Another friend told me "adoption is pain". Turns out....they were both right. We just had our 4th birthmom look at our profile. And she too selected…

(photo compliments of Radiant Photography; stick girl compliments of me!)   If you have seen my last couple of blog posts, yes....I have eluded to the decision my husband and I have made to adopt a child. We began our adoption process back in October....literally 2 weeks after I sold…