Faith, Family, Adoption, Outdoors
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Life Lessons
In the ER I interact with people from all different walks of life. I share in some of their greatest joys and also in some of their hardest and darkest hours. And everything in between. And in that I also see the dirt and grim and yuckiness that most keep hidden. A lot of that […]
MoreCrawdad Fishing
When we bought our house 2 years ago I was excited that we were near the creek. We have used the bike path by it often for walks, runs and bike rides. We have a couple areas that we like to walk down to to throw rocks and sticks in. (what boy doesn’t like throwing […]
MoreTri Mommy (aka Super Hero Mommy)
So I did it! I completed my first triathalon this past weekend, and as they warned up in the clinics that I went to, I’m hooked. I have already started looking at triathlons for next summer and planning out what I will do differently and better next time. Granted when I was out in the […]
MoreThe Waiting
I have never been good at waiting. I think that’s part of why I like Emergency Medicine. There is no waiting, it is always open and there are almost always people to be seen. And I don’t have to sit around and wait for results, I can go see a few more people and get […]
MoreWe Were THAT Family
Yes we were. We were that family that people got frustrated at, that people talked bad about, that made people groan. And really there was nothing we could do about it. It started innocently enough. We had the opportunity to go camping as a family for the first time this past weekend with some good […]
MoreGrief and Loss
We had our last of our core training this past weekend for our adoption. We covered a lot of information and watched a video entitled Adoption, We Can Do Better, which was broken up into 5 mini sessions that covered everything from reasons for adopting to transracial families. We also talked a lot about the […]
MoreSelf Esteem
As a mom I have learned not to base my self esteem on what my kids say. Sometimes they say things that are great and other times not so great (although usually pretty funny). This week is a good example of both. Monday evening after a long day in the ER for me, I was […]
MoreHome Studied
Quick update-We had our two home study visits this week. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but I think definitely someone stricter and not personal with a checklist and unapproving glances with everything we said. Instead we were blessed with a wonderful social worker who has adopted three of her own children and had […]
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Hiking Mommy 