Thinking of ways to bring you home

I was finishing a quilt that I started, well, it seems like years ago and I had an interesting thought. Why not try to auction off a couple of these handmade quilts. Not that I expect to get too much for them, but anything would help. So, I am going to try and finish the two Christmas quilts and the Burgundy and Green one, that I, oh so, love. They are not professional quality, but maybe someone will think they are pretty and want one. Now, I just have to figure out how to auction them here.

This is Quilt #3


Christmas Quilt #1


Christmas Quilt #2


I do not have exact measurements yet, but, they cover a couch from end to end, top to bottom. So they are a good size to snuggle up with. I haven't decided on whether to put flannel or cotton on the backside. Flannel is SO cozy!

This is the Kitty Quilt that I just finished for myself.

Dear Baby,

I don't know if you are out there, or if you will ever know about me, but I just had to tell you how I feel. I have such an ache in my heart for you. You have become a part of me, deep in my soul, as real as my arm or foot. When I look outside, I dream of you play in the sunshine with your big sister, Natalie. The two of you running and laughing, chasing each other. I think about you riding a bike, or teasing the dog. Or of me finding a frog under your bed. These thought make me smile. It's a sad smile, but yet still a smile.

I want you to know that I will do anything - ANYTHING - to bring you home to us. I will search the world over to find you. I will not give up on you.

Jousting at Windmills

I am beginning to feel as though I have been fighting battles that can not be fought. This adoption has been fraught with one barricade after another. We have switched countries three times, worked with three different agencies, and even tried four different orphanages. And still we are at square one. Nowhere!

How can it be that a family that wants so dearly to give a child a home (and unconditional LOVE) can not find anyone willing to help? I know that there are children out there. So many children are parent-less, lonely, scared. Why is it so impossible for the two of us to meet?

An Open Window?

There have been a couple of options that have presented themselves in the last couple of days. We will wait to see if any of them come to fruition. I did not look for these, they can on their own accord.

From Indiana Jones to Suzy Homemaker

I have been on a Crusade for two years now and I have gotten no where. I am exhausted. I feel as thought I have been fighting a losing battle and I think that it is time to take a rest. I am hanging up my hat and bullwhip and trading them for a more simple, yet fulfilling life.



While I will never give up on our 2nd child, I have turned to whole thing over to GOD. If HE wants us to welcome other children into our lives, I will move Heaven and Earth to do so. But only after HE directs us to them. I can not search the whole world over at the expense of my life here with Jon and Natalie.

If we are to only have one child, I accept that. I embrace that. Natalie is a joy. She is our little miracle! And I love her as I never thought I was capable.

Stay tuned, you never know what GOD has in store for us.