One of the reasons I’m writing this book on adoption is as a warning to those who are contemplating adopting. In the book I will share other adoption stories that have been told to me. Names, locations, and other personal information has been changed to protect the families involved from further trauma. I will call…… Continue reading Warning! No Happy Ending! Adoption gone wrong!
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Adoption Update: Home 4 Months
I know you have all been wondering. Especially with all of the drama of the first few months you’ve been wondering because this past month has been very quiet. I’m holding my breath quiet. We’ve made some changes around the Ray household which have served us all very well. So let me share in the…… Continue reading Adoption Update: Home 4 Months
A Stressful Season
This is going to be a long one so grab something hot to drink and get ready for some very real stuff. It’s been challenging around here the past few weeks and I want to share some of it in the hopes that if any of you are going through the same things you can…… Continue reading A Stressful Season
Adoption Update: 5 Weeks Home
Today I made borscht. A 10-gallon pot of it. Since we’ve been home I try to make a Ukrainian dish at least once a week. They seem to all appreciate it, or at least seemed to until today. None of them, except Vlad, wanted any of it and they are all crabby. This is the…… Continue reading Adoption Update: 5 Weeks Home
Adoption Update: One Week Home
Whoo Hoo we are almost over jet lag! Settling into things here. Silly me decided to jump into an Arbonne detox on Monday and wowza those must-have daily ice cream cones in Ukraine are coming back to bite me big time. Detoxing off of sugar is NOT fun!! I guess I could have waited to…… Continue reading Adoption Update: One Week Home
You’re Such a Nice Person! HA!
There are some common things people say to me when I mention adopting teenagers from Ukraine. I hear them over and over again and always reply the same way. I wonder if other adopting parents hear them. They aren’t bad things and I am so happy when people are interested in what we did. Maybe…… Continue reading You’re Such a Nice Person! HA!
Our Adoption Story … So Far….
Before the story I want to just say that my husband Tom and I never, in a million years, expected to adopt Ukraine teenagers into our family. After all, we had already raised and were still raising six children. But that’s what happens when you say yes to Yahweh. And just open your heart to…… Continue reading Our Adoption Story … So Far….
It Makes A Difference!
About a year ago we decided to go gluten free. It really made a difference in how I feel, headaches for Garrett and I, and disappearing belly fat. It’s been a good change. The biggest problem became finding a good gluten free flour to make breads and other baked goods. First there is the expense issue. …… Continue reading It Makes A Difference!
How a Heart Grows!
I had a call from a good friend of mine today while driving. We had a conversation about adding more children to your life and how you can possibly love another child as much as you love the one or ones you already have. Probably every parent who is bringing a second child into their…… Continue reading How a Heart Grows!
Adoption – The Narrow Path
Someone told me the other day that he doesn’t feel the call by Yahweh to adopt or even help other people adopt. In fact he said he doesn’t even like it that we are spending so much time talking about it. He said that he was never given a directive to take part in it…… Continue reading Adoption – The Narrow Path