Eight years ago today Axel met Dean for the very first time. He was 10 years old here, wearing size 4T clothes (to compare, Angela who look...

Eight years ago yesterday, I sat in a small office in Kragujevac, Serbia, signing the papers that would make me mother to this amazing litt...

Angela is an extremely social young lady. She is also quite adventurous! When she first started at her work program, which takes place in a...

Happy Adoption Day (yesterday), Asher!!!! This post is copied from our adoption blog. Asher's birth parents are reading this post. We h...

The second day of December, 1988.  I had a 14 month old toddler, Noah, and was massively pregnant with my second baby. I knew he was a ...

I was looking through old videos today, and found this one of Asher. I had forgotten what terrible condition he was in when he came home! J...

Here is a link to my old adoption blog, and all the posts related to Asher's adoption process. I can't believe we are coming up o...

If you are new here, and you would like some reading material, here is a link to all the old blog posts related to Axel's adoption pr...

December is anniversary month for two of our kids: Axel came home December 2010, and Asher came home December 2011. Next came Abel in April...

Wow!!! If you are new here today, you probably found us via the video done by Chris Ulmer from Special Books By Special Kids . Thank you so...

It is a sad fact that I can't follow through with anything. It is amazing to me (and to Dean!) that we have completed any adoptions ...

It's been four and a half years since I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It seems like forever ago, and yet it seems like yesterday, a...

Sometimes I don't have time to write. Who am I kidding? I am really busy, and rarely have time to write anymore. Sometimes it's j...

I can’t believe that little boy we brought home just a few years ago is now old enough to attend his high school Prom! He went with is good ...