Picker Point

What are we up to?

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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Posts Tagged ‘recovery’

Blessings Abound

Saturday, July 1st, 2006

My parents are both doing great at home, and life is starting to return to a state of normalcy. They received over 300 cards and several banners from friends and family while my dad was in the hospital. It’s just amazing to see the outpouring of love and consideration that have been shown to my [...]

Slow and Steady Progress

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

Sorry for the lack of updates lately, but we’ve been pretty busy going to and from the hospital this week. The doctor has confirmed that my dad has an obstruction in his small intestines and that’s why he was so sick at home. He performed two surgeries on Sunday to remove some of the abrasions [...]

Two steps forward, One step back

Saturday, June 10th, 2006

Well, my dad’s back in the hospital. He has been really sick and unable to keep any fluids or food down, so we finally just decided to take him to the ER last night. He’s currently at North Side hospital and we’ve been visiting with him there today. The doctor seems to think that he [...]