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What Hurts the Most

What hurts the most, is watching your kid hurt, and not being able to do anything about it. In the past month, Evangeline has been to the ER twice. Also in the past month, Evangeline choked on food (once at church, and another during a playdate) and I had to administer the Heimlich maneuver TWICE. I just can't wrap my head around the fact that her being a preemie has such long term consequences and that it can still keep affecting her until she grows old. Since she was born early, her immunity is weaker than most typical children. Additionally she was born with a feeding intolerance, so her transition to eating solids has been a struggle. And to this day she still can't eat certain foods because she's not ready (the two foods she choked on were mangoes and bananas, fruits that she's had plenty of experience eating in the past!) Sometimes I feel like I can't handle this type of stress. I've been asked what its like to do the Heimlich on Evangeline, and honest...

A Heart for Adoption

I'm so thankful that Kevin and I are on the same page about so many things; it's really no wonder we got married! It also helps that we've known each other since we were 10 years-old (holy moly, that was 17 years ago!) For instance: we believe in the same doctrinal beliefs regarding Jesus Christ and Christianity. We have the same humor and are often giggling and laughing like hyenas when no one else is. We like the same food (except of course, for his dislike of seafood---sigh, there has to be some kind of discrepancy!) and we enjoy the same hobbies (reading, writing stories, watching movies, hanging out and exploring new places, etc.) One of the biggest reasons I love Kevin is because he is a great father to our child Evangeline. Because of my love of motherhood and his love of being Evangeline's daddy, it isn't too surprising that we are both passionate about adoption as well. We are currently unable to adopt because of financial constraints, but we k...