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CELEBRATE This Week: XXXIV

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I’m glad you are here to celebrate! Share a link to your blog post below and/or use #celebratelu to share celebrations on Twitter. ***** We have a court date for J.’s adoption! It’s been a long process (since January 2013), but we are happy how things are working out and thankful to be officially a forever family on paper by the end of the month! Sam and I spent his last day of school together on a field trip. It was a very good day to be a mom. All-Write… Read more CELEBRATE This Week: XXXIV →

CELEBRATE This Week: XXXIII

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I’m glad you are here to celebrate! Share a link to your blog post below and/or use #celebratelu to share celebrations on Twitter. ***** My friend Joe sent me an email and told me he was rereading Crazy Love by Francis Chan. Strangely enough, I’m rereading it this week too. Joe asked me to read Chapter 7, “Your Best Life…Later” and then send him some thoughts. I like the way our thinking weaves around one another and gets to new ideas. ***** I had my year-end evaluation meeting on Friday… Read more CELEBRATE This Week: XXXIII →

Breakthroughs

Jay has never returned to the same school, with the same kids. Never. He has four years under his belt and has never experienced returning. He doesn’t know whether his friends will be there next year. He doesn’t know if he will be there next year. It’s not a stretch for the imagination to realize that the end of a school year might kick up some hard emotions if all previous life experience tells you that you start over again in August. Not just a new teacher, but a new… Read more Breakthroughs →

Show Up

Bird Watching There’s this robin that’s always having a worm snack on the corner of our deck railing. It’s become the expected view out of the kitchen window. No matter… Read more Show Up →

CELEBRATE This Week: XXXII

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I’m glad you are here to celebrate! Share a link to your blog post below and/or use #celebratelu to share celebrations on Twitter. *****   I made a promise to post this week and it was broken. Maybe this week’s celebration will explain the failure: Our internet is working again after being out all week! Sheesh. What is it they say about the best laid plans? ***** If you are attending the All Write Summer Institute in June, then don’t forget to meet up for dinner on Wednesday! Sign up… Read more CELEBRATE This Week: XXXII →

Celebrate This Week: XXXI

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I’m glad you are here to celebrate! Share a link to your blog post below and/or use #celebratelu to share celebrations on Twitter. ***** A don’t-miss… If you are attending the All Write Summer Institute in June and would like to meet up for dinner on Wednesday, June 18, consider joining us for dinner. Sign up HERE! ***** A promise… I’m saying it here so that I will be accountable: I will be blogging again before next Saturday. If I don’t, I certainly hope someone makes it sting a little.… Read more Celebrate This Week: XXXI →

CELEBRATE This Week: XXIX

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I’m glad you are here to celebrate! Share a link to your blog post below and/or use #celebratelu to share celebrations on Twitter. ******* Yikes! I got home at 2:30 am last night from the #CAFO2014 conference.  As soon as I can clack some words, I’ll be able to say more than… It was soul nourishing. It was affirming. It was remarkable. Being in the same room with thousands of people who have a heart for vulnerable children and a heart for Jesus was overwhelming. This week (and later today),… Read more CELEBRATE This Week: XXIX →