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Crazy September Adoption Family- Adoption Pioneers

1 Comment 01 September 2010

September of 2009 God made it very clear that we were supposed to sponsor a little baby that was approx 8-9 months old. He had been abandoned at the front gates of the hotel where our American team was staying. [read more]

Adoption, orphans

“Pick Your Country” Fundraising with Simply Love™

67 Comments 17 August 2010

14 Countries Available for "Pick Your Country": USA, China, Africa, Nepal, Haiti, Russia, India, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Philippians, Guatemala... [and more] New photos of the picks! Please leave me your comment and I will send you the virtual packet to start your own project today!

Adoption

Crazy Guest Blogger #19 – Adoption Dreams

6 Comments 14 August 2010

First , I would like to give a little background of our family. My husband ( I will be giving everyone fake names to protect our children’s privacy), Henry and I have been married 28 years now and lost one baby early in the pregnancy and then gave birth to three wonderful healthy babies( a daughter,son [...]

Adoption

Crazy Guest Blogger #18 – The Redmore Family Story

4 Comments 10 August 2010

Our Crazy Adoption Story When Kari asked for readers to post crazy stories for her blog I knew our adoption story fit right in. I’m sure there are many people in this world who would consider me crazy. And probably just as many would consider my husband crazy for believing in me. But, I don’t [...]

Adoption

When People Don’t Agree

13 Comments 07 August 2010

When people don’t agree. (Erica Shubin’s Blog) As a fund raising family there are definite up’s and down’s in this process. It’s important to have people in your corner. Really important to have at least one person that is there to walk this journey out with you through those up’s and down’s. You will run [...]

Adoption

Crazy Guest Blogger #16 – Preparing For Craziness

5 Comments 05 August 2010

So many times in life we spend months and months even years preparing for a BIG DAY: a birth, a wedding, an adoption, a graduation that we forget that life continues after that moment has passed. It’s great to be prepared and excited about milestones and I believe that we should cover all our lives [...]

Adoption

Crazy August Adoption Family Loves Fried Chicken

No Comments 01 August 2010

My *Crazy* Fried Chicken Family Eight years ago on June 28th, the day before my 40th birthday, the cutest, wildest, most curious, strong, and beloved little boy sauntered into my world. Well, he didn’t exactly ‘saunter’ it was more of a strut or pounding! He was nearly ten years old and would eventually carry all [...]

Adoption

Crazy Guest Blogger #13 – We are Speechless!

1 Comment 31 July 2010

Language transition and adoption. When we decided to adopt older children we had others question how we would communicate with our children. Some were just curious and in others fear came shining through as they wondered how we would be able to understand each other, know what they. Quite frankly we wondered that too. They [...]

Adoption

Crazy Guest Blogger #11 – The Red Thread

4 Comments 28 July 2010

The Red Thread (adoptive mom, Karen Firstbrook) When you begin the adoption process from China, you are immediately immersed in adoption “lingo.” Words and acronyms like DTC, Dossier, red thread, LID and ladybugs are suddenly everywhere. Our family slowly became versed in all of the adoption lingo, and eventually the words took on personal meaning [...]

Adoption

Crazy Guest Blogger #2 – Fire Engine Red

2 Comments 19 July 2010

Fire Engine Red (adoptive mom, Karen Firstbrook) *Originally written May 17, 2010. Each time I look down at my hands a grin spreads across my face and a prayer is lifted in my heart. You see, my fingernails are painted a fire engine red and the polish is chipping off in most places. For some, [...]

Adoption

Crazy Guest Blogger – Meeting Birth Family

3 Comments 13 July 2010

A note from Kari- This is my dear friend, Juju’s story of meeting her son’s birth families in Ethiopia. I’m so honored to share her story and give you a peek at her very personal photos of meeting family and spending time in their village a few weeks ago. xoxo The Birth Family…what a precious [...]

Adoption

Crazy July Adoption Family – The Incredible Hale’s

5 Comments 01 July 2010

I’m so excited to introduce you to my July Adoption Family. Their story will inspire and encourage and make you want to stand up and cheer for adoption! Please leave your thoughts in the comments for the Hale Family to feel some crazy love!! Here we are…. The Hale Family. We’re tall, short, black, white, [...]

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