We’ve Gone Bananas

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We are often asked,  “How exactly do you afford all those kids?” I thought it would be helpful to begin to share a few of the many, many ways we work hard to live not only simply, but frugally and live in good health. Of course, first off,  we pray daily that God will multiply…

Tucked Away

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Savannah asked me this morning, “Hey Mom, would you like the day off?”  She was not working today and school is out till fall so being the sweet girl that she is, she invited me to do whatever I want today! I’ve heard it said that there are two types of people in the world….

What Will Happen?

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No surprise to anyone who has  been stopping by  Our Place Called Simplicity  that we are a family that happens to be  crazy-passionate about the orphan and always desperately desiring that each have a forever family  Our hearts grieve for treasures around the world waiting. When I hear of a little one longing for a…

We Celebrate Liberty

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For years we prayed specifically for a bi-racial baby. We waited what seemed like forever. We prayed it daily as a family. We prayed the same thing over and over. “Lord, please would you bring us a bi-racial baby and we would really love an open adoption actually.” Although an open adoption might have sounded…

Mother’s Day for Me

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All year long I look forward to Mother’s Day. Not because I get a little break {although that definitely has its perks} but rather because of the joy of celebrating  the thing I love most about my life: being  a  Mom. Over the years culture has,  at times, placed little importance on the role of…

Give Me a Sign {Literally}!!

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Recently I encouraged my bloggy friends to write a story about the faithfulness of  God in their lives – no doubt, God is at work all around us – we just have to stop  and celebrate!!  And think about it – hearing each other’s stories would be used to  build all of our faith!  …

Yes!! Yes!! Yes!!

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It is mind-boggling to this mama to think back to the first time I ever heard Emma pray in her tender little voice a prayer that went something like this: “God please let me be the one who gets to take care of the orphans in Uganda…” I opened my eyes for a peek at…

Still Bouncing….

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The other morning I was out walking, just sweet Ruby-girl and mommy. We have a couple mile loop we do…and every little bit I stop and give her a bite of her oatmeal and we get back at it.  We talk, we pray, we sing, we [literally] stop to smell the flowers…. and if her…

Pampering

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There are a bazillion nameable perks to being a Mom of Many… and then there are infinity blessings to being  Ruby’s mommy. I was thinking just yesterday  how much I would long for a camera to observe an average day in our home with Ruby. I just have a feeling that there would be many,…