Happy Memorial Day...

To all of you who have served this country, I offer my sincerest thanks.

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your families.

Wishing everyone a happy and safe Memorial Day!

Please Remember Our Veterans...

Introducing Lucy...

Lucy is our newest addition, she is a 3.5 month old black lab/retriever mix we got from the Humane Society a week ago. In a word she is a handful! One minute she is a little monster and the next she is all cuddly and sweet. Very smart but equally as stubborn! She terrorizes our cats and Smuckers (our 9 yr. old yellow lab mix) and chews on everything she can fit in her mouth but we love her to death.

Something to Count on...

Hebrews 6:19 provides this promise

"… hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls"

Forever in Our Hearts...

Daisy

Oh how much I love my beagle girl!

I must shout it to all the world

Everyone must know about this dog of mine,

For I will love her for all time.

Oh how much I love my beagle girl!

For you see, she brightened the whole wide world.

Daisy was also the sweetest you see

And well, she just completed me.

Oh how much I love my beagle girl!

To Mommy and Daddy you were our pearl.

While she may be gone, we will never be apart

Because forever she will stay deep within our hearts.

~ Matt Shrader

Daisy, we love you and miss you more than words can express.

Thank you for all the joy and love you brought into our lives.

You will now and forever be a part of us.

Just a thought...

Referrals are in...

Congratulations to all those who have received referrals this month. Wishing you all speedy travel arrangements and wonderful forever family days.

Update: The CCAA has finished the placement of children for the families whose adoption application documents were registered with our office before April 21, 2006.

And the count moves on...

It's been 3 1/2 years since we were logged in with the CCAA. At one point that number was inconceivable to me but now it seems like a drop in the bucket compared to how long it could be.

Today I feel like that crumbling paint in the picture. The wait combined with lots of other things going on in my life is making me feel old and worn down. So much time has passed and so many things have changed. For the first time I really wonder if we can stick it out. No, I have not given up the dream but somehow it seems that the dream is just a dream. Right this moment I can't picture the happy ending.