Sweetest Kael, today we celebrate your tenth birthday. You are... JOY. Delightful. A precious and beautiful GIFT to our family. Our priceless treasure on this earth. A sweet and adorable BLESSING to all who know you. We are so ridiculously thankful... ...that you are ours! Happy, happy birthday, darling boy. We are so crazy in love with you. … [Read more...]
with joy indescribable we can share…
It is with absolute joy and hearts overflowing with thankfulness...That we can share with you today...That two precious, amazing and treasured children are orphans-no-more!"I will give you treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name." ~~ Isaiah 45:3This morning the courts in … [Read more...]
adoption update
Thank you for all the notes asking me for an update on Kael and Hasya's adoption. I so appreciate your prayers for our two newest blessings who are waiting to come home.Things have slowly but surely been moving forward. This week I got the good news that we have been given a court date in Bulgaria in December.That's the good news.The not-so-good news is that as much as we hoped our … [Read more...]
an urgent prayer request
The road to bringing children home from faraway lands is very often filled with unforeseen delays, unexpected glitches, and humongous tests of faith.Adoption has tested my faith more than anything else ever has. Today I come to you all asking you to please pray with us as we get closer to bringing Kael and Hasya home.The good news is that the process has moved swiftly. We have USCIS approval … [Read more...]
hold on, tiny one
I have tried to write a blog post several times this week. Each time I've deleted it. Sometimes it's so hard to put real life, and real feelings, and raw emotions into words. Hopefully very soon I will be done with my very raw and unfiltered post.Until then, I thought I would share a sweet picture of me and my absolutely darling little girl with you all. I didn't get many … [Read more...]
the hard things
There is one fact about following Christ that I learned (after getting it wrong too many times to count) so deep down in my soul quite a few years ago...God never, ever calls us to do the easy things!Surrendering to Jesus and becoming a follower of the Living God never meant that we would have a ticket to bypassing all hardship, all pain in this life.For me, it's quite the opposite, … [Read more...]
all about Kael
He is completely and absolutely adorable!A determined fighter inside a painfully thin little body.He probably weighs around 30 pounds (and is 8 years old). Has eyebrows a woman would love to have. Zero tweezing required!Is the very first thumb sucker in the Salem family.Has tons of little scratches on his body and I have no idea where they came from since he lives in a crib all day long.Only … [Read more...]
gladness and everlasting joy
Those the LORD has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away. Isaiah 51:11Today our little cuddle bug opened up a little more. Oh my goodness! He is just soaking up every love, every cuddle, and every kiss I give him! … [Read more...]