River of Thoughts

I used to love snow days. Listening to the radio DJ rattle off the list of school districts.  Waiting on pins and needles to hear my district called, followed by the magic words: “Closed” Spending the rest of the day whining to my mom, “What can I do now, Mom?  I’m bored.  What can I do?” I ask the same question now, but for different reasons. I look at the 153 million orphans in the world, and I have a hard time figuring out where to start.  I look at that number and think, “it’s overwhelming, scary, and expensive!”  I […]

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I am really horrible on camera, but Scott Amstutz did a great job of making me look slightly less idiotic than I really am… And you can meet Mark!   If you don’t see the video in your email or RSS reader, click here to view….     What’s your story? Leave a comment…

Solving the problem of 153 million orphans seems overwhelming; it seems impossible.  But with many people taking steps toward the goal together, we CAN make a difference. On Monday, we’ll talk about how.   Thanks to Michael Hyatt for sharing this on his blog.  Truly inspiring. What inspires you?  Leave a comment… This is important.  Subscribe via email or RSS so you don’t miss a post, and use the buttons right here to tell your friends and followers about this.  Awareness –> Action –> Impact

I’ve never really been the social activist type. Sure, when I was 14, I sent my allowance to Greenpeace.  How could I not?  They sent me a postcard with a cute little baby seal on it and then told me about how mean-spirited Republicans beat them with clubs.  But then I grew up.  And became a Republican. (Yeah, there, I said it.  I’m out.  Don’t judge me.) For the record, I am not mean-spirited, and I don’t kill baby seals. But just like I couldn’t ignore the baby seals when I was 14, I can’t ignore the fact today that […]

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I walked through the shadow of the mountain of snow. Yacinavata.  (Bless you) No, that was’t a sneeze.  But still, I’d take all the blessings I could get.  We were trapped in this small town in southeastern Ukraine, known only for being a transportation crossroads of sorts…and our only hope to get to Lena. *** Rewind a few days.  After fifteen months of homestudy and paperwork and waiting a lot, we finally left the ground.  Our appointment with the Ukrainian State Department of Adoption was a day before Lena’s 14th birthday, and we couldn’t wait to be there to celebrate […]

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