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{ Forever Sisters }

God didn't create us with the same bloodline....but He might as well have. For all of us have mixed our diversity into an eternal blend of sacred sisterhood....stronger than any natural bond....As the finger-of-fate allowed our paths to cross,we reached out and grabbed each other, refusing to ever let go......Three wacky women, clinging to each other, as if our lives depended on it. We are sisters by choice.....not by chance. How wonderful that you get me and I get you. We accept each other "as is"....No apologies, no excuses, no judegments. Whether laughing hysterically until we cry,or crying buckets of tears.....we embrace all the goodness that we each have to offer, and then with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away......it's the way sisterhood should be. Maybe God did have a hand in bringing us together.....Three soul mates, three friends, three eternal spirits........Forever Friends......Forever Sisters ♥ Sadly my sister Ingrid is leaving to head back to Amsterdam......we will all miss her so much and will look forward to her return.

{ Happy Holidays }

Merry Christmas from our family to yours

{ Oliva Grace } turns 8.

Our sweet Olivia Grace turned 8 this past week. I have never seen a child so excited to have her birthday. Livi continues to do fantastic in school and is loved by everyone. It is hard to believe that our one year anniversary of having her home is creeping up on us. Olivia is thrilled with the talk of the upcoming holidays. She is experiencing them all with a new sense of wonder and most importantly the love of having a family to share them all with.

{ Andrew turns 6 }

I can hardly believe that Andrew is 6. He is such a joy and usually a pretty happy go lucky kind of little boy. We are so blessed to have him in our family. He is in kindergarten this year and is taking karate, gymnastics and will begin tennis {again} once karate is over. Andrew is our tender hearted little man and it has been amazing watching him grow in the last 2 years. We love you little Buddha! ;)

{ Only Babies }

A few days ago I had a very honest and frank conversation with Olivia. She offered to help me fold Daniel's laundry. It became very obvious to me by her precise way she was folding that she had done this many times before. My window of opportunity was there. I asked Livi if she had to fold her clean laundry when she was in China. She responded with a YES. I asked her if she had to help the little children in her room fold their's too. She responded YES.....me help them.....they don't know how to do this. I then switched topics and asked her if she thought her best friend "L" had a family now too? She quickly said NO. I asked her if she thought any of her friends in her room in China might have gone to families. She reponded with a firm NO.....and the words that came from her mouth next stung my heart so fierce that I knew I would have to write a post about it. She said.....ONLY BABIES......ONLY BABIES GO....NO BIG CHILDREN....JUST BABIES. Can you imagine the thanks I was giving to God at that very moment in my mind.....thanking Him for letting me find her.....I fought back the tears that I could feel stinging my eyes......I can't imagine my life without her and yet my beautiful daughter was telling me that she knew families only wanted babies. Friends.......if you are considering adoption, whether it is your first time, or you are returning to adopt again......please consider the older children. Look at her picture....the wisdom in her eyes, the love in her heart.....she is beyond precious to me.....to all of us! The journey to an older child takes faith my friends.....but I truly believe if you know that God will be with you during the whole entire journey.......you will see that you will be blessed more than you ever thought possible!