The Sacred Sink

Things are beginning to settle in here now after being home for almost 2 weeks.   If there is one thing I’ve realized, it is that our family unit needs each other…especially Jim!   I need Jim.   This has been a trying time and although it’s absolutely worth it, we are all ready for Jim and Karolina … Read more

Happy 22 weeks!:)   Today I am officially 5 1/2 months pregnant.   Time is flying.    Although, when I think about it, the end of October seems ages away.   I’m just trying to enjoy TODAY, and I’m learning to appreciate the present.  It seems like I am forever on some sort of countdown clock and I’m … Read more

Please welcome to our family, our daughter!   Karolina Elizabeth.  Born into our hearts on March 5, 2011, and legally born into our family and bound for life on June 15, 2011. “Not flesh of my flesh, nor bone of my bone, but still miraculously my own. A  precious daughter from a far away land God has chosen us … Read more

This has been, and will be,  a BIG week here!    It started yesterday with a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau.   I’ve had nearly 24 hours to think about the experience, and it’s still just sinking in.   I don’t think I could say anything that hasn’t been said already.   It was heart-wrenching, somber, and inconceivable in many ways.   I think … Read more

Baby says hello!

Happy Wednesday!    Is it hump day already?    We’ve had quite a bit of down time over the past week and a half.  It’s really nice but it feels funny to not be “scheduled” and have to look at our daily planner.   The television is only in Polish, we don’t have a car and so we … Read more

Happy Sunday!    Today marks exactly one week since our “Gotcha Day” with Karolina!   Here in Poland, the term of endearment is to say “Karolinka” for little girls.  We have been calling her that too, just because it’s so cute.   Anyway, we had a great morning, and now that she has been with us for 1 … Read more

Today we took a little family walk to downtown Czestochowa again (near Jasna Gora).  It’s such a beautiful Saturday!   With it being the weekend, it was bustling with shoppers, music, and pilgrims making their way up to the monastery.    We loved looking at all the unique items in the booths, and the FOOD!   Yum.   Check … Read more

Well, we are going on day 5 being with our sweet Karolina.   June 3 also happens to be our 11 year wedding anniversary!   Jim and I often talk about how God has led us in ways we could’ve never imagined when we first stood at the altar those years ago.    I guess that’s how every marriage is.  You … Read more

Thankfully all the above indicate good things.  Great things actually!    First off, I am overjoyed to finally be able to announce that we are unexpectedly…expecting!   I am almost 5 months pregnant  and praise God, everything is going well so far!   The news came as a complete shock to us.   As many of you may know, … Read more