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January 26, 2010

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Christmas Morning Video

It may have been a silent night, but this morning was a whole different story.

...I was the man in our relationship. Mark and I have both been busy lately (he with work and me with school starting, etc) and we haven't had much time at all to really sit down and talk to each other. We weren't angry with each other...we were just relationally absent for a few days. Neither one of us likes that feeling. So tonight after the boys were in bed, we sat in the sun room with the TV off and really, really talked. We talked about how we each were doing, how we were feeling, what we were struggling with, what we observed about each other lately, and several other relationally healthy topics. After about an hour, there was a nice, quiet moment. I asked Mark if he wanted to play a card game we have gotten into lately. He looked lovingly at me, and said sweetly, "No honey. I would just really rather sit here together and talk some more." Slightly disappointed (and without thinking might I add), I replied, "When you are done talking about rainbows an

Painful, Brief Update

Many of you may have realized by now that the blog is now missing several posts I wrote while in Latvia. I have deleted these posts because, for various reasons, my blog wasn't a safe place for my thoughts through that time. I also deleted them because they served as a painful reminder of what wasn't. Without going into detail here and now, the adoption of our sweet Latvian daughter has fallen apart. It was unexpected and heartbreaking, and we are still trying to pick up the pieces of our hearts. I would love nothing more than to pour out my thoughts and our experience through this time on the blog, not just for my own personal health but also for any other families who, heaven forbid, go through this. But, again, this is not be a safe outlet for us right now. I am toying with making this a private blog so that I can once again have the freedom to lay it all out there honestly and vulnerably. If I do that, please, please feel free to "join" or whatever it i

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