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About Me
- Gracie and Garrett's Mommy
- I am the mother of two precious children from China. Our family is forever blessed. I am a stay at home mom busy with the business of life with two little ones. Our son, aged five, is from Baotou, Inner Mongolia and our daughter, aged seven, is from Anqing City, Anhui, China. Miracles happen!!! We have two little miracles from God to prove it!
An Orphan's Wish
No Hands But Ours...
The Ellison Project
Wild Olive Tees - SHOP TIL YA DROP!!!
Our Favorite Blogs and Websites
Van's Travel Group Family Blogs
How You Can Help Orphans in China
Our Adoption Agencies
Just because these two people met, fell in love, and married...
Three Words...
Three Words...
A Prayer For Garrett's and Gracie's Birthmother
Oh God, that I may never forget
that someone suffered so much to give life to my child. That someone loved my child so very much
that she gave him the right to live.
May I never forget for a moment
and especially now, today, to offer a prayer of thanks for that someone and that you, dear God, will always be there for that someone to help her through the hurts she will have
when she stops to think about her child.
that someone suffered so much to give life to my child. That someone loved my child so very much
that she gave him the right to live.
May I never forget for a moment
and especially now, today, to offer a prayer of thanks for that someone and that you, dear God, will always be there for that someone to help her through the hurts she will have
when she stops to think about her child.
The Chosen Heart
Longing for a child to love,
I'd wish upon the stars above.
In my heart I always knew,
A part of me was meant for you.
I think how happy we will be,
Once I adopt you, and you adopt me.
I dream of all the joy you'll bring,
Imagining even the littlest things.
The way it will feel to hold you tight,
And tuck you in every night.
The drawings on the refrigerator door,
And childhood toys across the floor.
The favorite stories read again and again,
And hours of games with make-believe friends.
The day you took my outstretched hand,
A journey ended, but our lives began.
Still mesmerized by your sweet face,
Still warmed inside by our first embrace.
I promised to give you a happy home,
And a loving family all your own.
A house you've now made complete,
With laughter, smiles, and tiny feet.
A parent is one who guides the way,
Know I will be there everyday.
Rest easy as each night you sleep,
A lifetime of love is yours to keep.
Longing for a child to love,
I'd wish upon the stars above.
In my heart I always knew,
A part of me belonged to you.
I'd wish upon the stars above.
In my heart I always knew,
A part of me was meant for you.
I think how happy we will be,
Once I adopt you, and you adopt me.
I dream of all the joy you'll bring,
Imagining even the littlest things.
The way it will feel to hold you tight,
And tuck you in every night.
The drawings on the refrigerator door,
And childhood toys across the floor.
The favorite stories read again and again,
And hours of games with make-believe friends.
The day you took my outstretched hand,
A journey ended, but our lives began.
Still mesmerized by your sweet face,
Still warmed inside by our first embrace.
I promised to give you a happy home,
And a loving family all your own.
A house you've now made complete,
With laughter, smiles, and tiny feet.
A parent is one who guides the way,
Know I will be there everyday.
Rest easy as each night you sleep,
A lifetime of love is yours to keep.
Longing for a child to love,
I'd wish upon the stars above.
In my heart I always knew,
A part of me belonged to you.
Legacy Of An Adopted Child
Once there were two women who never knew each other.
One you do not remember, the other you call mother.
Two different lives, shaped to make your one...
One became your guiding star, the other became your sun.
The first gave you life, and the second taught you to live it.
The first gave you a need for love, and the second was there to give it.
One gave you a nationality, the other gave you a name.
One gave you a seed of talent, the other gave you an aim.
One gave you emotions, the other calmed your fears.
One saw your first sweet smile, the other dried your tears.
One gave you up ... that's all she could do.
The other prayed for a child, and God led her straight to you.
And now you ask me, through your fears, the age old question unanswered throughout the years...
Heredity or environment...
Which are you the product of ?
Neither, my darling ... neither...
just two different kinds of love.
-Author Unknown
One you do not remember, the other you call mother.
Two different lives, shaped to make your one...
One became your guiding star, the other became your sun.
The first gave you life, and the second taught you to live it.
The first gave you a need for love, and the second was there to give it.
One gave you a nationality, the other gave you a name.
One gave you a seed of talent, the other gave you an aim.
One gave you emotions, the other calmed your fears.
One saw your first sweet smile, the other dried your tears.
One gave you up ... that's all she could do.
The other prayed for a child, and God led her straight to you.
And now you ask me, through your fears, the age old question unanswered throughout the years...
Heredity or environment...
Which are you the product of ?
Neither, my darling ... neither...
just two different kinds of love.
-Author Unknown
We Are Expecting...
The Sonogram Picture
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
JAMES 1:27
JAMES 1:27
Life is not a sprint. It is a marathon.
Hao Chen Guang...
The meaning of our son's Chinese name, Chenguang, is dawn or morning light.
“The journey you have traveled to get to this point has been very long, but it does not compare to the journey this child has come."
(These words were spoken by the director of an orphanage in China to new parents of an adopted child.)
(These words were spoken by the director of an orphanage in China to new parents of an adopted child.)
Our Daily Prayer For Garrett
"May you be safe and sleep soundly through the night.
May you be safe as you wake in the morning light.
May you feel love from so far away.
May it comfort and protect you throughout each day.
I will pray for you my little one
Until our time of waiting is done.
I will pray that the Lord keep you safe from harm
Until the child of my heart becomes the child of my arms."
...Author Unknown
May you be safe as you wake in the morning light.
May you feel love from so far away.
May it comfort and protect you throughout each day.
I will pray for you my little one
Until our time of waiting is done.
I will pray that the Lord keep you safe from harm
Until the child of my heart becomes the child of my arms."
...Author Unknown
We witness a miracle every time a child enters into life. But those who make their journey home across time and miles, growing within the hearts of those who wait to love them, are carried on the wings of destiny and placed among us by God's very own hands.--- Kristi Larson
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.--- Unknown
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.--- Unknown
Before I Knew Your Name
By: Joel Lindsey, New Spring Publishing
Angels fly above you,
they know that I love you so,
I watch you dreaming now.
I wonder if you know.
Before I knew your name,
before I saw your eyes,
your chin and your nose,
before I counted your fingers and toes,
I asked Heaven for someone as wonderful as you,
And every prayer and wish came true.
I dreamed of you before I knew your name.
By: Joel Lindsey, New Spring Publishing
Angels fly above you,
they know that I love you so,
I watch you dreaming now.
I wonder if you know.
Before I knew your name,
before I saw your eyes,
your chin and your nose,
before I counted your fingers and toes,
I asked Heaven for someone as wonderful as you,
And every prayer and wish came true.
I dreamed of you before I knew your name.
An Ancient Chinese Proverb
An invisible red thread connects those destined to meet, regardless of time, place or circumstances. The thread may stretch or tangle, but will never break.
Followers
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.--- Matthew 7:7-8
I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him.---1 Samuel 1:27
Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. I will say to the north, `Give them up!' and to the south, `Do not hold them back.' Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth-- --- Isaiah 43: 5-6
I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him.---1 Samuel 1:27
Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. I will say to the north, `Give them up!' and to the south, `Do not hold them back.' Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth-- --- Isaiah 43: 5-6
4 comments:
Happy anniversary!!!
Happy Anniversary, Van & Madeline!!! Cngrats on 9 Happy Years with wishes & blessings for MANY, MANY more to come!
Nine fantastic years with my wonderful wife! We had a wonderful anniversary and looking forward to all of them throughout our lives. Love, Van
ok - I think it's great and all that you all have been married 9 years.....but we need another post!!!
Love you guys!!! Now update that blog!!!
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