Help Orphans in Haiti

I am going to share a personal post that is dear to my heart today. Some of you may know that I am a mother to four boys. My husband and I are adopting an orphan in Asia. She is now 6 months old and we hope to bring her home in the Spring.

Our adoption agency also works with orphans in Haiti. With the earthquake in Haiti, they still have not received word to the status of the 3 orphanages they work with in Haiti.
Here is our quote from an email from our agency “We work with an organization in Haiti called Foye, who has 3 orphanages in Haiti housing over 300 children from all ages. We are desperately trying to receive word on how the children in the orphanages are doing and the care givers that work to take care of these children every day. We have heard from a 3rd party that the infant/ toddler orphanage is still standing but have received no word on the other two that are very close to the children’s hospital that collapsed.”
If you would like to donate to help these orphans, my agency, FEC has created a paypal account to allow those interested in donating to the three orphanages they work with. Anyone who would like to donate can go to http://www.paypal.com/ and click on the “Send Money” page. Enter their email address: donations@foreverychild.org and donate. As a 501c3 organization all donations are tax deductible and every penny will be used to get the supplies needed to their orphanages.
Even if you can’t donate very much, a little here and there will go a long way! I want you to know that I practice what I preach, so I sent off a generous donation.

Thank you,

New Year’s Resolutions – Make Them?

So tomorrow starts a new year. To be completely honest, I am OVERJOYED to start 2010! For our family 2009 was the pits! Yes, we have a lot to be thankful for, but 2009 was exhausting physically, mentally, and financially. As a lot of the country experienced, my husband suffered a job change, 2 knee surgeries and we now own 2 houses thanks to the lovely economy!
There are some bright spots in our year – the highlight being that after almost 3 years of waiting we finally have an infant daughter in our family that will be bringing home from Asia in 2010! Yes, I will have a short daughter – but that’s fine! We are an equal opportunity family. She will be joining the crazy mix of 4 big brothers. I did my job of repopulating the world with 4 tall boys that will someday turn into 4 tall men! You tall women can thank me later!
So, looking back on 2009, I set a few goals a.k.a New Year’s resolutions. They mostly involve finding more time for the important things in my life. I want to be able to work smarter and not harder in order to spend more time with my precious children. Of course, I would also like to lose a few (or more than a few) pounds (dang it) and feel healthier this next year.

So, I thought I’d see how you do with setting goals.

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And The Winner Is….

Congratulations go out to the winner of our drawing for a $40 gift certificate for eShakti’s custom made clothing for women. Drum roll please…..
The winner is #6
SocialstudiesSoubrette
She said…
“I love the Ruffle layer neck wrap tunic!”
December 18, 2009 12:50 PM

Congrats and Merry Christmas!
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