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  1. In Memoriam

    in Abrazo's Chapel Potluck

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    Oh how sad! What a wonderful lady she was. I am so glad I was able to meet her at camp. How amazing that she and Bruce were reunited and enjoyed their time together. She will be missed. What a blessing she was to everyone. Praying for Granpa Bruce and the Scott family.

  12. Putting up a Praise!!!

    in Abrazo's Chapel Potluck

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    I just have to share this praise. Earlier last week I shared with Tyson that he should pray for his birthgrandmother Linda because she is sick (she has cancer). I did'nt tell him exactly what was wrong with her just that she is sick. So, yesterday we went to church and the boys went to their class. Apparently during Tysons class the kids put together a praise and prayer list. Tyson told his teacher to pray for his birthgrandmother Linda in Texas. I did'nt know he did it. So, a while ago I received an email of the church prayer list that is sent to all church members. I looked through each one and near the bottom it read...

    Tyson Rohmiller- My birthgrandmother Linda in Texas

    I am so proud...they get it! I called K his birthmother and told her and she was so happy and teared up!

    God is Good!

  22. Putting up a Praise!!!

    in Abrazo's Chapel Potluck

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    He'll wear a big purple shiner to church for Easter this year, but he's none the worse for the wear, and big brother Christian promises to work on his golf swing (and look backwards first, next time!)

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    Elizabeth,

    Glad to hear sweet Matthew is o.k. I am sure in spite of the purple shiner...he is as cute as ever!

  23. What I Did For Love

    in Considering Adoption?

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    Heidi I think you are right in wondering if Americas idea of marriage and role in our society had changed. I don't think marriage is valued at all anymore. I wonder when I read the newspaper and see people celebrating 50...60..and even 70 years of marriage. Then you flip the page and the list of those who marriage has ended in divorce is longer. Value of commitment to ANYTHING seems to have gone by the wayside. Things don't alway turn out the way that we planned our life to be. When I got married I NEVER imagined that I would be a single mom at 35 raising two boys...not my husbands.

  24. What I Did For Love

    in Considering Adoption?

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    I think you are right. Sexual Intimacy can get in the way of what is really happening. The thought of committing to some is scary. If there is commitment then all to often it is not for long. The needs of the adult do come before the children. A friend of mine who I teach with were talking today about what we were going to do for spring break next week. I told her I was taking the boys on a two day trip to the aquarium and some museums. She said NOT ME...I am staying home. She is a single mother to a 13 year old boy...wonder what HE would like to do?

    I think that morals most definitely have gone by the wayside. It is evident everyday in my classroom. As I hear these sixth graders talk.

    So, I think it has less to do with how many parents are in the home and more to do with how much the parents that are there are COMMITTED to parenting their children in a positive way.

  25. What I Did For Love

    in Considering Adoption?

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    From Slate comes this compelling essay that puts a new spin on an old perspective:

    Forget Juno: Out-of-Wedlock Births Are a National Catastrophe.

    Read this argument from start to finish, then share your thoughts?

    This IS an interesting essay. I do have mixed feelings. I went to church with a lady and every year we would go to the Women of Faith conferences. She would without fail start a discussion on our way there how children in single parent homes are doomed for failure. She would then add with great enthusiasm ...especially boys. Now, IDEALLY I think children should be in a two parent home. But, then my ideal situation is not one I know much about. I was raised by a single mother....no father EVER in the picture. It is funny how I just told someone the other day that I wouldn't know my dad if he walked into the room. I have known many people in what appears to be picture perfect marriages who fight like cats and dogs behind closed doors. I am not so sure that is healthy. I am also not of the train of thought to "stay in it for the children". I think a home that is healthy is not necessarily one that is wealthy. It is common sense that a two parent home would financially be more sound if both parents are working decent paying jobs. Out-of-wedlock births are not what religiously I was taught was acceptable. However, that is what my family is made up of. I am not saying it is right...but, I am also not saying that the way my mother did was wrong either. I am just saying that not every situation is going to fit every person. Believe as you wish. Single parenting is in NO WAY easy but, just because there is a husband in the home doesn't make it any easier. Children will become who they are regardless of a single parent or two parent family. I choose to believe my boys are going to be successful either way. They may also fail....but, it will not be because I am a single parent. Just ask any parent who children where not born out-of -wedlock or who is being raised in a two parent home....whose child is struggling.

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