• New Zealand adopts same-sex marriage.

    Marriage Amendment Bill * Takes effect mid-August * Allows same-sex and transgender couples to marry * Allows both people in a gay relationship to be recognised as a parent of an adopted child * Allows religious ministers to choose who they marry and criticise gay marriage from the pulpit without…
  • Where Do We Draw the Line?

    My mom currently works for a daycare connected directly to my church back home in Ocala. When I went home over Easter vacation, she told me about this little girl who has been attending the daycare. The little girl's parents have gone to our church services a few times and were married there, but a…
  • Gay Couple Adopts Abandoned Newborn Baby

    This is just one of those absolutely heart warming stories that I can't help but share. You can see the full article here. 12 years ago today, a newborn baby boy was abandoned in a New York Subway station. His umbilical cord was still attached and he was wrapped in a sweatshirt. Danny Stewart dis…
  • Behold your God who gently leads those that are with young | letter 159 on assurance & joy

    http://youtu.be/sA7SMU5dhus Helicopter Rescues Doe and Fawn on Thin Ice, Nova Scotia Far more dramatic, far more glorious and far more exceedingly wondrous than that helicopter rescue is the redemption, ransom, and rescue of lost, condemned, helpless and powerless sinners from God's just wra…
  • Can you handle this?

    January 3, 2012, we took in a scared, hurt and angry little boy. I spent all year trying to love on him, but perhaps subconsciously kept him at arm's length knowing he'd probably move. December 18th 2012, his adoption day. Post adoption--I kind of expected to automatically be able to turn off that "…
  • Adoption Day

    I'm not a big fan when people say they don't have time for such and such. Really, there are twenty-four hours in a day, we all have the same amount of time, and I think if you want to do something badly enough, you make time for it. So, I have not been making time for my neglected xanga site. I con…
  • Newborn Birth Announcement - for Adopted Teen

    "Here's my sweet not so little newborn! His name is Latrell and weighs 112 lbs." Quote from Kelli Higgins, Latrell's adoptive mother.
  • Surrogacy - I Really Think it's for Me

    I need to write through this... bear with me. I've had a desire to be a surrogate for almost 2 years now. Before anyone starts yelling at me about giving my baby away, let's remember that being a surrogate does NOT require you to use your own eggs. If the couple cannot provide eggs of their own,…
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    But how do you know which kids to adopt? It was a genuine question, I suppose. But, the answer seemed too obvious to me. Still, I answered. A mother recognizes the faces of her children. The memory comes flooding back to me as I open a gift Meteorology Man gave me yesterday evening. Not the us…
  • Bunny!

    So, some of you might know that I got the go ahead to get a rabbit around the time of my birthday. I've wanted one for years. I was thinking about getting a Holland Lop... Well my stepdad found one that we could adopt. She's extremely tame and in need of a good home. We got her. I got her. I have a…