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99 Balloons for Eliot and rEcess
Posted on 30. Jun, 2009 by admin.
Journal Entry: January 31, 2007 āWhen Eliot was born I heard a very weak and very faint cry. I said, āheās crying! That means heās breathing right!?ā Not the words usually spoken in a delivery room.ā (excerpt taken from www.ninteynineballoons.com) To be a parent means to enjoy the little things in life, a first smile, a first [...]
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An Ice-Covered Bridge
Posted on 01. Jun, 2009 by admin.
āPeople find comfort in the reassuring āguaranteeā that at the end of the day, the person you woke up next to will be there when you fall asleep. The reality is that there is no guarantee.ā Christmas break 2008 was such a special one. Being a teacher meant my husband Thomas had two weeks [...]
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Our Little Tin Man… Got his Heart
Posted on 01. Jun, 2009 by admin.
A lot of faith and a little luck. That is how I would describe our familyās journey since our last āTin Manā update in December. This is an update to āOur Little Tin Man.ā The story ran in the December issue of Peekaboo and we have been overwhelmed by the number of readers interested in [...]
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Happy Mother’s Day… 18 and Counting
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by admin.
A little insight into a Northwest Arkansas Mommy with 18 little ones, a grandchild on the way, and a television show on TLC. Article by: Kim Enderle My DVR serves as a testament to the stage of life that I am in. When I was planning my wedding, every episode of the Wedding Story was recorded, ready [...]
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Step-Mom
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by admin.
I never wanted to be a mother. In my early twenties, I once told my father, āYou will give birth to a child before I ever do.ā I admit, looking back, that it was a pretty bold statement even for a drama queen like me. Part of the statement was true, though. I have yet [...]
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Musings of the Barren
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by admin.
Story by: Megan Eidson It was 2005 and Baron and I had been married for a little over a year. We had established a 5-year plan that didnāt include children for a little while. I was on a birth control that touted a 99% effective rate. I was apparently part of that 1% that it doesnāt [...]
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Boy in the Blue Glasses
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by admin.
The whiteness of the room surrounded me like I was walking toward the end of my life as I knew it. Everyone was talking, smiling, and moving around as if they had purpose, but my breath was gone. It was completely gone. To this day, I still think it is caught up in the [...]
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I Depend on Miracles
Posted on 29. Mar, 2009 by admin.
Most women enjoy being pregnant. They have a āglow.ā They prepare for nine months to meet the one person (or two) who will truly change their life forever. What if you do everything right, but you donāt get your full nine months? And what if your life changes in ways you [...]
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The Story of Bentley Bella
Posted on 29. Mar, 2009 by admin.
April 9, 2004 started out just as we had always hoped it would. Our perfect little girl, Bentley Bella, the daughter we had waited 10 years to have, arrived. Bentley was absolutely the most beautiful child we had ever seen. After her birth, the nurse immediately took Bentley to the nursery for what [...]
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Ella’s Tale
Posted on 01. Mar, 2009 by admin.
It was January 2nd, 2009, the start of a new year, and Ellaās second birthday was fast approaching. We spent the day driving back to Northwest Arkansas from Wisconsin where we had spent the last two weeks for our family Christmas vacation. We could not understand why Ella would not eat that day. She had [...]
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A Celebration of Survivors: Scott’s Story
Posted on 01. Mar, 2009 by admin.
Most people remember 2001 as the beginning of our countryās war against terrorism, but our family will always remember 2001 as the beginning of our own type of battle. The year started out as most years before it: we were busy with our kids, Kate, 12; Beth, 10; and Scott, 6, and the many activities and [...]
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Living with Cystic Fibrosis
Posted on 01. Feb, 2009 by admin.
Looking at Mackenzie you would probably never know she is living with a disease. Yet her body is in a constant battle. Some nights, when Mackenzie has an increased cough, I lay awake listening to her. The worries that I had when we first learned what cystic fibrosis was and what it [...]
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Jack’s Journey
Posted on 01. Feb, 2009 by admin.
My husband Jon and I had been married for seven and a half years when we decided it was time for a baby. We were self-employed and our time was consumed with our portrait studio. During a lengthy conversation, we came to the life changing decision that we could adjust our schedule and bring [...]
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Ryan’s Story
Posted on 02. Jan, 2009 by admin.
On November 3, 2006, my little boy Ryan, age 6, was complaining of a headache and a sinus infection. So, my wife Andrea took him to the doctorās office for what we assumed would be a routine visit. This trip to the doctor was far from routine. We were not offered a simple diagnosis and a [...]
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Hearing with the Heart
Posted on 02. Jan, 2009 by admin.
It was August 8, 2006. I was in the grocery store when my husband, Jeff, called to tell me he had received a call from DHS regarding a newborn boy who needed an adoptive home. I had been waiting for this call for months to the point that any time the phone rang, I was [...]
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Our Little Tin Man
Posted on 28. Nov, 2008 by admin.
What a year 2008 has been for us. We celebrated our 3 year wedding anniversary (our 9th year dating anniversary). We incorporated Laineās dance studio which had been doing great and I was really excited about the future of my financial advisory practice. Last but not least, Laine and I found out in [...]
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Our Journey to Haiti
Posted on 29. Oct, 2008 by admin.
The adoption journey, for most, begins for similar reasons, the desire to have a child, the desire to help a less fortunate child, or to fulfill the empty nest syndrome. For us it was all of these reasons. As we began this journey for our own reasons, God had his own plans for us.Ā We decided [...]
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Our Jilly Bean
Posted on 29. Oct, 2008 by admin.
wards the beginning of my second trimester, during a routine visit, I found out that I would be mommy to my second little girl. It was also the fateful day that my pregnancy turned a corner from normal, to turbulent. During a sonogram the doctor discovered that the baby had an enlarged kidney. That week we [...]
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Lost and Found
Posted on 29. Oct, 2008 by admin.
There is deep pain in knowing your joy is in the wake of someone elseās grief. We would have never learned that terrible truth if not for adoption. And we will never forget it. We got the call on February 28, 2007. We learned that we had been chosen by an expectant mother to adopt [...]
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Meant to Be…
Posted on 29. Oct, 2008 by admin.
Every baby is a miracle and every couple has a unique story about how they came to be a family.Ā In many respects, our story is no different.Ā Like many couples, my husband Eric and I wanted desperately to have children.Ā But for us, the journey into parenthood turned out to be a very complicated [...]
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