Well, here we are at the end of another summer. At this point last year, we had just sent Margarita back to Ukraine after hosting her for 10 weeks, and we thought she’d be home for good a year later, Read more…
It’s been quiet here on the blog for a few months as we’ve grappled with the horrific realities of what is happening in Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion and ongoing war since February. As you might imagine, Read more…
Recently, I have been thinking a lot about time. It marches forward unrelentingly and often painfully. We experienced this over the last few days of having our little Margarita home with the family over winter hosting. Sometimes when I feel Read more…
Our family is really looking forward to Christmas this year. As we mentioned in our September update, Margarita is able to come back to our home for Winter Hosting, thanks to the awesome team at Host Orphans Worldwide! We are Read more…
After a few weeks of waiting, it seems that lots of details are coming together this week! In the past few days, we have reached a couple of really significant milestones in the adoption process and wanted to post an Read more…
It’s amazing how the past month has flown by, and yet not very much has happened on the adoption front. During the first few weeks of October, we had our final visit with our home study social worker and completed Read more…
It has now been just over six weeks since Margarita returned to Ukraine for the school year. Those weeks have given plenty of time to reflect on some of the fears that accompanied our journey into summer hosting and the Read more…
Yesterday, we passed one of the bigger hurdles for our adoption paperwork: we completed our medical health forms! Praise God!! Our adoption agency told us this is one of the more difficult steps to complete, often because doctors tend to Read more…
Across the spectrum of personalities and giftings, there’s a rare group of people who love paperwork and administrative tasks. If you give these folks a spreadsheet… or a seventeen-page application form with six optional addendum sheets, they are in heaven. Read more…
A week ago today, we took Margarita to the airport for the long trip back to Ukraine. It’s possibly one of the most painful things our family has done together. You might think that it was only hard for Christy Read more…