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Well I knew time had gone by since my last post on the blog but wow, almost two months.  That's crazy!  It's been a long two months for sure around our house.  We've struggled with sickness so long I can't remember the last time we were all well.  It's been at least 4 weeks and maybe more.  You name it, we've had it and now since this beautiful weather wouldn't you know that allergies has us all in a pickle.  Well enough of that....

We had the chance to just play this week which is good for our souls.   Spring Break is coming to an end and we've painted pottery, played at the park, hit the local theme park not once but twice, spent the night with grandma and grandpa multiple times, had friends over and just played at home.  If it sounds busy it was, but much fun!

I've had so many things on my mind that I want to blog about but for those of you who have been home a few years like us....don't you find that your not sure what to say at times, or is that just me????

For example:  I could write about emotions.  Just recently I had someone say to me that they would like to adopt so they don't have to deal with all the emotions that come along with having a baby.  Whoa!  I could write about that one for sure.  But do I???  We've got emotions and two years later we still got them.  I never had postpartum depression with Jenna but I might say the emotions we go through as adoptive families are equal to that for sure. I could write about special needs b/c over the past year that's become a reality for us.  But do I????  While I want others to know they are not alone I want to be protective of my family and our story.

So what say you adoptive momma's who have been home awhile with your kiddos??  How often are you blogging?  Are you telling your story anymore or am I the only one struggling to find the words and time, LOL.

Maybe I will write about a few if I can collect my thoughts.... for now we're here, alive & enjoying life!  Hope you and yours are doing well.

A few photos from our Spring Break

Be Blessed!

Five Years of Blogging

As I have been updating my blog a bit this week, adding a few posts, and trying to determine if I wanted to even keep it going I noticed that this week marks five years of blogging.  It was in 2007 that I started this blog and announced that we were beginning the adoption journey.   I found myself panning through old posts and looking at all the things we have walked through over the past five years.  It truly has been a life changing five years.  I've watched God transform my marriage into something so special, seen my toddler begin to grow into a young girl, ventured to another country to bring two beautiful brown skin babes into our family, and experienced growth in my personal walk with the Lord.  There have been many lows too.  I found old posts where I questioned what God was doing in our family, and wasn't sure I was cut out to parent two children who were not biologically mine.  The truth is five years has gone by so fast.  There were times it felt as if time would never move and I wept over the stillness I felt in each day but here we are... five years later and I have the posts to tell an amazing story.

Maybe I will keep the blog going.....


 

Tuesday's Review: Shades of Black

Being a multiracial family can sometimes be a little tricky.  In our house it's obvious we have differences among us.  We notice it and others notice it (sometimes more than I want them to).  It's important to me that everyone feels like they belong so we are purposeful in making sure that there are a variety of items in our home to reflect the diversity that we are.  Books are just one of those things.  Working in the early childhood field has produced a large variety of books in our home so from time to time I like to share a book within our little library.  This is one of our favorites that helps us reflect on the diversity in our house!

Shades of Black by Sandra L. Pinkney is 25 pages of pure uniqueness.  In fact a re-occurring line in the book is, "I am black, I am Unique."  One of the things we have been encountering over the past year have been the words black and white.  Yes we've known those words before - they're colors for pity sakes but because of the teaching on Martin Luther King (which we are thankful for) and other topics like the civil war in our school my girls have learned that we are not just different colors we are either black or white, period.  As a mom who tries to bring us together as a family these words separate us instantly and it becomes almost like damage control once the girls come home from school on days that these topics arise. That's why I love this book.  It does focus on the shades of black but it re-opens us to that discussion of a variety of shades and not those two dividing words of black and white.   Author Pinkney shares fabulous pictures of children who are like the golden brown of sugar, the velvety orange in a peach, and the midnight blue in a licorice stick.  Hair is compared to blades of grass, corkscrew twists, soft like a cotton ball and stiff like lambs wool.  With eyes like steaks of amber in a tigers eye one can't help but be unique!  No matter what we are the book ends with the statement "Proud to be me."

Every time we read this book it sparks a discovery of our uniqueness from everyone no matter what your shade is.  We've got our own peach pink, olive green, a hershey kiss and a golden pretzel!  For us this book brings us together even after the defining colors have pulled us apart.  The books is very inexpensive and can be found on amazon or Scholastic.

If you are a family like us with a variety of shades and have a great resource for bringing your crew together like this amazing book leave a comment and share with others!

Blessings,

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