http://blog.salsburygallery.com A way for friends and family to watch as we "jump over the edge" to adoption! Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:58:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Having a difficult time - as Joshua reached 2, I've really wanted a second child. It seems so unfair that having kids is so easy for others. I've been meeting with a Stephens Minister from church; she gave me a book "hannahs hope". I want to read it but don't ... http://blog.salsburygallery.com/2010/08/26/tough-days/ I haven't blogged in a long, long time. Mostly, I've been happy and busy being a working mom. Since our son turned two, I've really had the urge to adopt again. However, I feel depressed and upset when I think about the cost. The cost didn't bother me as much ... http://blog.salsburygallery.com/2010/08/13/difficult-weeks/ 'What a difference it makes to come home to a child' is the Adoptive Families tagline. I think Mother's Day & Father's Day are the hardest days for infertile couples. Our church is having a special Mother's Day message for church on Sunday, and my first thought was 'oh my, ... http://blog.salsburygallery.com/2010/05/07/mothers-day/ A friend is in the midst of a contested adoption; it's contested by the biological dad. I won't post details for their privacy, but contested adoptions and unfulfilled adoptions are some of the landmines that can hit a family when adopting domestically. As time has gone on, I realize more ... http://blog.salsburygallery.com/2010/02/24/adoption-part-2/ I realized I hadn't made any 2009 lists...so here we go! A lot of these books I read as part of my work's book club- fun group of folks. here's to hoping 2010 gets less crazy so I get to participate more!! titles: Extremely loud & incredibly close Water for Elephants The Book Thief pillars ... http://blog.salsburygallery.com/2010/01/10/best-books-i-read-2009/ Tonight was our first small group with members of our new church, Olathe Bible. Everyone was very nice and next week will be the luncheon where we learn more about the Church and if we want to join. I think that we will, unless something strange comes up. Big churches ... http://blog.salsburygallery.com/2010/01/10/joshys-personality/ Feel like the evil bedtime Nazi. Josh has to sleep in his own bed or I'm going to lose my mind and be bruised all over; he's lately gotten into pulling my hair and kicking me. Spent 2:30am till now comforting him in his room and he's asleep in his ... http://blog.salsburygallery.com/2009/12/11/josh-bedtime/ Eileen Huffman passed away on December 1st. Donald and I babysat their kids quite a bit when we were first married. Take a while to read the most recent posts on the site; Scott loved his wife very much. I hope as Donald and I grow old and face these ... http://blog.salsburygallery.com/2009/12/06/current-state-of-events/ There are things I think of & thoughts I have that I wonder if it's appropriate or not to share. Friends and family read this blog, and I worry about being offensive. However, I am amazed by how infertility is such a mind £€%+ that I have to share my ... http://blog.salsburygallery.com/2009/11/03/jane-austen-book-club-contains-movie-spoilers/ We're in the middle of consolidating our debt in an effort to prepare for adoption #2. Not sure when we'll actually START the process, but we need to save more money to get prepared for it.  Joshua's adoption was fairly straightforward without any bumps in the process, but we could ... http://blog.salsburygallery.com/2009/10/17/when-to-adopt-again/