The Five of Us, Spring 2014
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Giveaway: Bono's Book
Guess what? You can enter a free drawing for a free copy of Bono's (from U2) book On the Move. Head over to Owlhaven's blog (http://owlhaven.wordpress.com/) and leave a comment, and voila, you're entered! You only have until Friday night so hurry! :)
On the Move pairs pictures that Bono took in Ethiopia in 1986 with a speech he gave at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.C. in 2006. Here is a man whose heart has been in Africa for a long time! Here's a link to watch his acceptance speech at the NAACP this year. It reveals his heart for the poor, orphaned, and widowed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENp7c6TtBHk. Bono is also often quoted as saying: "The one thing, on which we can all agree, is that God is with the vulnerable and poor. God is in the slums and in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them. 6,500 Africans are still dying every day of a preventable, treatable disease, for lack of drugs we can buy at any drug store. This is not about charity, this is about Justice and Equality."
So, check out the giveaway, and good luck!
My Man and Me
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married 7/7/2001
Punk
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ours through biology, born 7/25/2004, home 8/1/2004
Pea
![Pea](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfNqnpdD3NPk_SZkKMQSsPL_VcVwJ1g3VwGrngrWukQr9QSPQhU7f427zMQF0qW2kjy1LLv2F19SGlfcgvMzeZ-BzCjm5llDT5DwTBgvIumznbTQbOridqc0ETaoXMftGNu1jzGL3GMOA/s1600/10463978_10203417007078589_6662330052495393628_n.jpg)
ours through adoption from Liberia, West Africa, born 7/15/2005, home 10/25/2007
Pup
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ours through domestic adoption, born 1/15/2011, home 2/10/2011, final 8/3/2011
Talk To Me
Stalkers, Caught Red-Handed!
Round Two Timeline
- 9/24/08 Home study update home visit for Ghana adoption
- 10/15/08 Dossier sent to AOHG
- 10/15/08 I600A application sent to USCIS
- 10/30/08 First heard about possible domestic private adoption
- 11/18/08 Last spoke with contact about possible domestic adoption; expected to hear back about meeting with birthmother
- 12/3/08 Withdrew application from AOHG
- 1/6/09 Found out another family had been chosen for possible domestic adoption
- 1/21/09 USCIS fingerprinting appointment
- 1/8/09 Received USCIS fingerprinting appointment notice
- 4/11/09 Sent Pre-Application to Covenant Care Adoptions for Domestic Infant Adoption program
- 6/8/09 Social worker visit to update home study from International to Domestic
- 7/24/09 Received completed home study update
- 8/25/09 Went "on the list" for birthfamilies to choose from
- 4/28/10 Found out a birth mom had chosen us
- 5/8/10 Met the birth mom
- 5/11/10 Got the call that birth mom changed her mind
- 5/19/10 Birth mom's scheduled c-section
- 11/30/10 Visit from DSS sw about foster parenting
- 11/30/10 Got the call that another birth mom had chosen us
- 12/21/10 Met with the birth mom
- 1/15/11 @1:42 PM BB was born!
- 1/19/11 ICPC (interstate) paperwork sent to GA for approval
- 1/31/11 ICPC Clearance Approved
- 2/10/11 Placement Ceremony and Pup comes home!!!!
- 8/3/11 It's Official! Pup's Adoption Decree was issued
1 comments:
You won the book!
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