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Friday, August 10, 2012

Five Minute Friday: Connect

It's Friday. It's another five minutes of free writing with Lisa-Jo Baker.

Connect.

They were strangers the first time we met. Two little black babies that came into our house like a ~~storm~~, ~~tornado~~, ~~hurricane~~, all of the above :)

We were a family of three.

He was an only child- learning to share his mom and dad with two more. Strangers.

Time passed.

Out hearts connected.

Strangers no more.

And the brothers three, well, this pretty much says it all.

Happy Friday y'all!

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UnknownAugust 10, 2012 at 7:23 AM
Such a sweet and big smile on my face. What an awesome story. Thanks for sharing. I love hearing adoption stories. We have several families in our church who are foster parents and have ended up adopting those children . . . such an amazing thing to watch!
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Linda StollAugust 10, 2012 at 7:34 AM
sweet ... the photo says it all!
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DeniseAugust 10, 2012 at 12:51 PM
Nice post.
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Welcome!

I'm Robin- I'm a simple girl from Tennessee who loves Jesus. I'm blessed to be a wife, mom, grandmother and a Marketing professional --- juggling it all and writing about it here.

I married the love of my life in 1986. Rex is my rock and my friend and I can't imagine doing this life without him.

1+1=2

We dreamed of a big family (wanted 12) but God had a different plan. Struggling with infertility, we became foster parents in hopes of adopting. It was our plan, not God's and we said never again. After 8 years of infertility Shayne was conceived. And God showed us that He gives us good gifts, more than we asked for and better than we could ever have imagined.

2+1=3

We still had a void in our hearts. So in obedience, doing it God's way this time we opened our hearts and home to foster parenting. We have had a few children come and go- none without leaving an imprint on our lives forever. Nothing could have prepared us for meeting our youngest sons in the ER parking lot on 10/23/06, with no idea how our lives would forever be changed. With their adoptions finally legal on November 21, 2009 we became five.

3+2=5

And that was the beginning- Emily and Kendall came into our lives and family in 2014 , and we grew by one when sweet Penelope was born in 2015 and our first grandson, Silas joined our family in January 2018.

5+4=9

Sometimes we let our crazy hang out. Always, we love loud.

Different than what I imagined as a little girl but trusting God that it isn't supposed to be any other way.

Friday, August 10, 2012

Five Minute Friday: Connect

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