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  1. Managing Adoption Expenses

    in Looking to Adopt

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    I hope everyone understands that my original post on this subject was not to say that the agency or others were saying that the value of my child was less than that of a caucasian child. We all know that is not true. I was just speaking from my point of view only. As a biracial mother of two AA children this all strikes a different chord maybe then some others. When I speak I only speak of real life experiences because that is all I have to go on. I don't even like to discuss money in relation to my children. Because essentially I see them as gifts from someone greater than I ...and on that you can put no price!

  2. Nursery Notes

    in Looking to Adopt

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    If anyone out there knows of a childless couple, of any race, who is very comfortable with the open adoption concept and is seeking an African-American newborn, we're working with a loving mom who's due anyday and longs to find just the right home for her precious baby... please contact Angela at Abrazo for more information. Thanks!

    Bumping back up if someone is out there!

  4. Putting up a Praise!!!

    in Abrazo's Chapel Potluck

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    I thought I would put up this praise. I sooo did not want to get out of bed not unlike most Sundays. It seems I am up by 6 or 7a.m. most mornings that I am off. However, for some reason Sundays are the worst day for me....I really want to sleep in. The boys spent the night with grandma so I was alone. I finally got out of bed and got ready and headed for church. It turned out to be the most amazing service. It seems that the sermon was written just for me although there were a couple hundred people there. I wept...not tears of sadness but, tears of praise. Four children were baptized and their testimonies brought me to tears.

    I don't miss church often but, when I do I feel like such a slug the rest of the week. It is like I need to go to get my battery recharged. I am not perfect by any stretch. It is times like this morning that I know God also realizes that and loves me anyway.

    Look what God can do!

  5. Putting up a Praise!!!

    in Abrazo's Chapel Potluck

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    I just had to share a praise! I have never had any kind of contact with Tyson's Birthmother that I have not initiated. She is so sweet and we stay in touch when I call or email. We visit each other when we come for camp. I received the sweetest Christmas Card and pictures today from her. Tyson and I opened it together and he had the biggest smile on his face.

  8. Lighting your Spiritual Fire

    in Abrazo's Chapel Potluck

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    I was trying to find the right place to put this. I am still not sure it is the right place. As some of you know I like to write poems. I may not be good at it but, it helps me get out what is often hard to actually say. The past few weeks have been stressful and overhwhelming to me to say the least. I wrote a poem to try to get out what I am feeling.

    LORD YOU ARE FAITHFUL

    Lord you are faithful

    I wish I could be

    You are there through the trials

    Though I may not always see

    Lord you are faithful

    I want to be strong

    Through the ups and downs of life

    You fill my heart with a song

    Lord you are faithful

    I want to serve you more

    When one window closes

    You open up a door

    Lord you are faithful

    I hope I do enough

    To show you that I love you

    In this life that is tough

    Lord you are faithful

  11. Putting up a Praise!!!

    in Abrazo's Chapel Potluck

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    This weekend my boys and I got to be a part of something special (at least to me). As you all know I live in West Virginia...which is NOT the most racially diverse place to live. We certainly have a nice mixture but, could use more. ;) I heard about a free kids fun day on my way to work Friday. It was being done by a man who is attending the university here.He is a Psychology major. He had a rough time growing up and got into a lot of trouble. He is an African American young man who loves horses. His name is Daymetrie "Cowboy" Williams. He has a wonderful story (look him up). He has opened a stable and has started a program for at risk teens to teach them about horses and the art of riding. He provided free horse rides, music, food, jupiter jumps...face painting you name it. My boys had a blast! The great thing was that is IIIIIII was the minority! I was one of a few who had white skin there. This guys gave African American young boys and girls something to look up to! I was so blessed to be there and let my boys meet such a positive young man...who just so happens to have brown skin like them. As a single mom I like to make sure my boys are exposed to men who are positive role models. I thank God for this opportunity.

    Here are a couple of links:

    http://www.dailymail.com/story/Life/200707...o-at-risk-kids/

    http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2007072517

  24. Putting up a Praise!!!

    in Abrazo's Chapel Potluck

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    I have an amazing praise! I attended the funeral of my good friends father (My boys Godparents) today. It was a wonderful celebration of this amazing mans life. There were tears of course but, just as many smiles as everyone spoke of Bill. Bill was in the Navy as a young man. He met a lady he thought he was to share his life with. Before they were able to make future plans... the young lady found that she was pregnant. She had the baby and left Bill. He could not find her no matter how hard he looked. He was hearbroken because he knew he had a daughter but, could not find her. It was like she disappeared. Bill moved back to West Virginia and tried to move on with his life. He later met Betty (my friends mother) and they wed. They had four children together. Bill never stopped thinking of the daughter he did'nt know. It was until 10 years later that that girl was in her grandmothers attic and found pictures, birth certificates and letters...all evidence of her dad. She was 40 years old when she finally found Bill. They met as did the rest of his family. They accepted each other with open arms. They were able to build a wonderful relationship over the last ten years. It was today that that girls son read aloud a letter from his mother (she could not attend the funeral as she was sick) in honor of the father she found so late in life..but, yet grew to adore. As did we all.

    My point in telling all this is that GOD IS GOOD.

    There are so many times I think I will never have contact with Teylers Birthmother. But, I know there is hope. I found it today in the most unlikely of places. A funeral...for a man I loved....I found hope!

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