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Since Dave and I are getting so many calls and emails a day about people asking us what they need to do if they are feeling called to adopt from Haiti I guess I better get a post out there.  My friend Debra who is adopting their son Ronel from Haiti and who I hope to see any…

We overslept today.  I kept hitting the snooze button and before you know it, it’s 7:30 and the house is all still asleep.  Emma made it late to school and we are just getting moving around here this morning.  I think the past 4 days are finally catching up to me.  My body is telling…

Woke up this morning to a text message from a friend then a phone call from Dave’s mom to news of another 6.1 earthquake in Haiti.  Got on Facebook as soon as I could and saw from  Troy Livesay (who is in Haiti) that all the Maranatha children and Heartline caretakers are safe.  Whew!  I’m…

No word from the Embassy today about our kids. Still waiting. There are children coming home. We hope It’s just a matter of time for Frankie and his crew.  We trust God’s timing and we trust the people that are in place and making the best decisions on our behalf. I am SPENT Someone, please…

THANK YOU ABC for letting us share our story. I know both Dave and I pray that as all our stories get out  that we and others can move from struggling for our children to being with them. ((GREAT NEWS – tonight the whole adoption community got word that Humanitarian Parole will be offered to all those…

I blogged this morning about ABC or Diane please hear us…. and well who knows how but they did. Dave and I just got done doing a skype video call with Diane Mendez and she’ll share our story tonight on ABC World News.  Our heart is that we hopefully did a good job  representing all of us adopting…

We have heard rumors this morning that HAITIAN PRESIDENT RENE PREVAL HAS GIVEN PERMISSION FOR ALL CHILDREN IN THE ADOPTION PROCESS TO LEAVE HAITI AND JOIN THEIR “FOREVER” FAMILIES IN THEIR ADOPTIVE COUNTRIES! IF this is true then we are begging the American government to grant us adoptive families currently in the process of adoption,  Humanitarian Parole to let all our kids come home…

I’ve never really understood what makes some people fight for someone they don’t really know.  People that give of their time and energy to rally the troups and do everything possible they can do when at the end of the day it does not benefit them as much as it does me.  We have those…

I am taking this info directly from Kristen Howerton, another adoptive mother from Heartline mother to Keembert and one of the boys who lives with Frankie at Heartline.  She did a great job informing us on what we can do.  All of us mothers and fathers are trying to mobilize our energy to get our children home.  It’s very…

One week ago today at this very time I was very close to finishing a half marathon.  I had spent the previous 24 hrs with 5 adoptive moms from Haiti and a group of 14 other runners as we were celebrating an accomplishment of raising money for a medical vehicle for Heartline.  I remember feeling so…