Moses’ Basket

This morning my 4 year old son asked my mom if I came out of her tummy. This is a very interesting question since I am adopted. As proud and open as I am about my being adopted, it never occurred to me that my children would one day ask about it. I started thinking about how to explain it to him so that he would understand. He loves to watch cartoons about Bible characters like Moses, Jonah and...
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Shame on us…

I have been thinking about my own adoption lately. I know a little about it, I haven’t really ever asked about more than just the stories that my parents have already told me. I don’t have some amazing desire to know or meet my birth mom. I don’t resent her at all, I just feel complete with my family and don’t feel the “need” to know her. However, there are two...
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1 lb. 12 oz.

Okay, so the title is referring to the birth size of a particular baby that was in the NICU at the same time as my 2nd son, Ezekiel. That baby was born well over 12 weeks too soon, he had already been in the NICU for 3 months and was soon going to be heading home. So, my question is why did that baby get “life saving measures”. By the way, as a pregnant woman, there are a few big...
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Life isn’t Easy…

This is my first blog entry. We will see how this goes, will I get addicted to sharing my opinion? My family probably thinks so! So, I found out on the 4th of July that I am pregnant again. Yeah, fireworks for sure. I have two boys already, a 3.5 yr old and a 10 mos. old. That is pretty much the reason that I was a little bit, well, I was freaking out. I have always said that I wanted to space...
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