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Two Problems

Posted by Mary Beth on Monday, January 18th, 2010

So we’re finally settling in from our recent move over here at the Picker House.  We are feeling very happy and very blessed.   We love our new house; we have lots of room, lots of yard space, and even more toys.  In fact, there’s another thing we have lots of around here:  BOYS. BOY [...]

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REFERRAL!!!

Posted by Mary Beth on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

We are overwhelmed, blessed, and absolutely overjoyed to announce that we have received our referral! Monday evening, I got a call from Holt telling us that they had a baby boy waiting for us. He is 2 1/2 months old and itty bitty, but absolutely precious! My arms are already aching for him! I got [...]

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Big News . . .

Posted by Mary Beth on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

We’ve been waiting for weeks to share our big news, and the time has finally come. After tons of prayer and thought, and sharing and praying with the people closest to us, we have decided to adopt a baby boy from Ethiopia. Ever since I went with my parents to adopt my little sister from [...]

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Archive for the ‘Spiritual’ Category

Ready or Not?

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

We’re ready. The bags are packed. We’re leaving at the crack of dawn, and we’re about to take the greatest leap of faith we’ve ever taken. We’re greatly anticipating His faithfulness and blessings as we step out on our biggest adventure yet. “O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise [...]

A Mother for Choco

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Tonight, Casey and I attended a prayer meeting at our church. We gathered with several other families who have hearts for foster care and adoption to pray for children who need families. This was such a powerful time of prayer for us. Casey and I ended up in a group with a couple who has [...]

What I’m Trying To Do . . .

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

So tonight I realized that I am only left with two options right now. The time for being calm and cool, perhaps even distracted, while we wait to hear when our court date will be for our precious little Josiah is long gone. I realized tonight that I can either absolutely lose my mind worrying [...]

Sunday’s Coming…

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Praise the Lord that Friday wasn’t the end!

Something to remember . . .

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

I shared this incident with some friends recently and realized that it was something I want to remember, so I’m sharing it on our blog. There are so many parts of being a mommy that you can never understand or be prepared for in advance. When I imagined being a mom, I knew that it [...]