Hey there, tiny dancer- You know what’s crazy? I get to meet you tomorrow. As in, hold your hand and hear your voice and see how tall you are (which the kids at church felt was the most important thing to know). We’re still kind of walking around in a daze, like it’s a dream. This … Continue reading
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What to Expect When We’re Expecting (a 9-Year-Old)
1. I will cry all the time at the drop of a hat. I cried at church. I cried after watching a viral video of a high school student doing a Michael Jackson dance at a pep rally. I cried in the parking lot of a homeless church. Hopefully, after I meet him, I will cry … Continue reading
Dear Son: Welcome to the Wise’s
Hi baby- I can’t believe I’m typing this. I can’t believe that I’m typing to a real person, that I’m looking at a picture of you and in a handful of days, we will meet you. We’d only been licensed for seven weeks and the average wait time is seven months so when we got … Continue reading
Welderbeth Does a Triathlon
On Sunday morning, three alarms went off at 5:15am. There was a cacophony of tweeping and chirping and beeping as we lumbered out of bed to turn them off. We were paranoid that, if we just set one alarm, it wouldn’t go off and we would miss our very first sprint triathlon. After eating a … Continue reading
Dear Child(ren): Home Base
Hey there- Finally being licensed is a little crazy. Like we look at pictures on our computer screens and think, “Could we be their parents?” and then we send our home study into the great void and hope that it will cough a “Yes” back up at some point. I don’t know how many we’ve … Continue reading
On Pulling Our Thai Adoption Application
Whew. Ugh. Okay. Here we go. We decided to stop the Thai adoption process. Completely. Pulled our application. Beth and Alex are no longer adopting from Thailand. In order to tell you why, I’m going to have to start at the very beginning because I can share things now that I wasn’t able to when … Continue reading
2013: A Year in Review
Well, friends, Man, what a year. I, for one, am glad that the world did not end in 2012. If I had to characterize this year as one thing, I would say it was the YEAR OF LEARNING. I’m getting older and, I actually feel it, a little wiser. Yes, I still have BIG FEELINGS … Continue reading
Twas the Night ‘fore the Home Study
Twas the night ‘fore the home study, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even my spouse. The bedrooms all ready and done up with care, In hopes that you children soon will be there. The floors have been vacuumed, the tile’s been mopped And improvements to the house have been … Continue reading
All the Single Ladies: An Open Letter
Dear single friends- I know. I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that I got married when I was basically a toddler and what on earth could I possibly know about being single and I should just shut up already. Well, joke’s on you, because I have 21 years experience of being relationship-obsessed and a … Continue reading
Almost 30 Birthday
You know, when I was younger, I had some strange ideas about birthday parties. When I was 18, a small group of friends and I donned eighties prom dresses climbed into Methuselah, an ancient RV that my parents had co-bought with some family friends, and we drove to eat dinner at El Chico in the … Continue reading
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