Firsts

April 19, 2016 Linny Saunders16 Comments

Just like a birth child, there is a joyful thrill to the soul of every adoptive parent when the treasure they bring home experiences a “first”. Which reminds me, I had to take Vern somewhere the other day in Dw’s little car. I put the windows down (love my Arizona!) and he was leaning, with…

Vernon’s True “Special Need”

March 28, 2016March 28, 2016 Linny Saunders13 Comments

I know you’ve heard me say it before, but it’s true. The only true Special Need any orphan has is the need of a family. Everything else can be figured out like wheelchair ramps, handicap accessible everything and yes, sometimes it takes time to figure it out, but God always provide!! Crazy as it sounds,…

Goldilocks Had it All Wrong

February 18, 2016 Linny Saunders8 Comments

I think maybe it was actually Goldilocks who started it all. You know, with her, “This chair is too big, this chair is too small, but this one – this one right here – this one is just right!” Those two little words: Just right. When the Goldilocks story is told, somehow the “just right”…

The Proof Is In the Puddin’

November 10, 2015 Linny Saunders2 Comments

Anyone who stops by our Place Called Simplicity knows that the plight of the orphan and the beauty of adoption are both common themes around here. Today being National Adoption Day there are about 163 million thoughts rolling around my head. Of course, truth be known, the same 163 million thoughts roll around in my…

My Little Photoshopping Project Revealed

November 3, 2015 Linny Saunders9 Comments

The other day I asked if someone could help me with a little project that involved photoshopping. The first to respond was my old friend Megan. I’ve told you guys about Megan before. She’s one of my dearest friends and attended the church we pastored in Colorado. We became fast friends when we met. Young…

The First Week

October 22, 2015October 22, 2015 Linny Saunders6 Comments

A little peek into the first week of Emma’s visit!! Abi and her boys drove from San Francisco….oh my soul…such beautiful times… Autumn and Everlly flew in…seriously, it was so wonderful!! I wanted the moments to STOP!! They pass so quickly! And we flew my mom out too!! She was giddy!! Oh my…

Biggest Shock of My Entire Life

October 15, 2015 Linny Saunders14 Comments

Last Friday, Dw arrived home from Uganda. A few days earlier Savannah had texted me a few days before asking if she could pick him up as she was on her way over to swim with some little ones she would be babysitting. So on Friday afternoon they texted to say they were almost home….

The Most Beautiful Feet

October 9, 2015October 9, 2015 Linny Saunders14 Comments

My sweet neighbor, whom I have mentioned before, rang the bell this morning. She had been to her mailbox to get yesterday’s mail and our mail was in hers! I glanced as she handed me the stack and on the top I saw the long-awaited envelope!! I squealed with joy!! As I tore it open…

Woot! Woot! They’re Finally Admitting It!

September 18, 2015September 19, 2015 Linny Saunders7 Comments

People seem to ask us fairly regularly, “Where do you get all your energy from?” Our typical response is to laugh and say, “Well look at our pile!! We’re having a blast – for real! And we’re pretty sure they keep us young!” Just in case anyone thinks I’m kidding when I say that having…

Who Knew What 37 Years Would Bring?

August 12, 2015 Linny Saunders9 Comments

Thirty seven years ago today this man of mine and I said “I do” before about 100 friends and family on a muggy hot day in Amherst, New York. Who knew that 37 years later we would be returning from a 8,000+ mile trip in a 12 passenger van full of our kids, three dogs…

Linny Lee Saunders

Place Called Simplicity

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