Eric and Christy: Hey, That's Us!

Members of Our Home Full of HOPE:

The Mr:
6'2"
Black/Gray hair
Hazel eyes
Computer Consultant
Loves computers, numbers,
the color blue & fettuccine
alfredo
Wrestled in high school
MORE FUN FACTS

The Mrs:
5'10"
Brown hair
Brown eyes
Stay-at-Home mother/
Former Family & Consumer
Science teacher
Loves family time, adoption
advocacy, baking & anything
chocolate
Loves basketball
MORE FUN FACTS

Tyler:
4'2"
Blonde hair
Blue eyes
Adopted at birth
King of the toys
Loves pancakes, cheese, books,
Legos and swimming
MORE FUN FACTS

Isaac:
32 lbs.
36"
Dark hair
Hazel eyes and
the cutest giggle a mommy could ask for!
Loves trains, helping everyone, and preparing
his own food
Adopted at birth

Hope Quotes

Pray, hope and don't worry. Anxiety doesn't help at all. Our Merciful Lord will listen to your prayer.~ Saint Padre Pio

I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.~ Mother Teresa

I'm only one. But still, I am one. I cannot do everything, but still, I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.~ Edward Everett Hale

"So much has been given I have no time to ponder ever that which has been denied." ~Helen Keller

The Gift of Life
I didn't give you the gift of life,
But in my heart I know.
The love I feel is deep and real,
As if it had been so.
For us to have each other
Is like a dream come true!
No, I didn't give you the gift of life,
Life gave me the gift of you.
~ Unknown

“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.”
~Thich Nhat Hanh

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."
~Helen Keller

"God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs." Spencer W. Kimball

"Everywhere in nature we are taught the lessons of patience and waiting. We want things a long time before we get them, and the fact that we want them a long time makes them all the more precious when they come." Joseph F. Smith

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."
~Marin Luther King, Jr.

"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."
~Christopher Reeve

"Remember that while you are seeking you are also being sought… you will be found. You will be led. You will enter in. Look for that. Expect it. Expect to come to revelations of the Lord. Expect shells to break in their season. Expect boats to ride as the tide comes in. This is hope, to desire and to expect."~Oswald W.S. McCall

"In the New Testament patience means waiting for God for any length of time, not going away, and not giving in to boredom or discouragement. If you wait, God will manifest Himself."
~Thomas Keating

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."
~Martin Luther King Jr.

"What we have once, we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us."
~Helen Keller

“To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.” ~Elbert Hubbard

"No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible." ~George Chakiris

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Hey, That's Us!

It's a fun little story --

I entered a Facebook contest to win one of the five DVD's "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" that the National Council for Adoption was giving away. I actually won one of them! (That's rare, I never win anything except for the time I won a door prize but was in the bathroom throwing up from food poisoning, so I was ineligible for not being present to win).

When NCFA contacted me about my win, they also asked if I would like to share our story for their new blog. Of course I said yes -- I'll share our adoption story with anyone who will listen :) She then emailed back to see if they could use our photo on their FB page -- yet again, I said yes. And there we are...

http://www.facebook.com/AdoptionCouncil