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Kolton's Story: November 2010
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Imagine a love so strong that saying hello and goodbye at the same time was worth the sorrow. November 30, 2010. November 25, 2010. Kolton Sage Sanchez's Arrival: 11/23/2010 10:20 am (CST) 5 lbs 8 oz and 17.5 inches long. Our sweet, beautiful angel was here! Kolton's big sissy came in right away and so did Kolton's grandparents. They each held him and gave him so much love that I am sure that he could feel it in Heaven. Daddy and I gave him his first bath. We have a recording of part of it. His s...Our f...
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On Distant Shores: Update on Birthmother and pre-term labor...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Update on Birthmother and pre-term labor. The name of our blog Learning To Rejoice cracks me up every time I see it. When we chose it, it just seemed like a good fit and was available. The Lord continues to teach us daily how to rejoice in ALL circumstances. Unfortunately, now birth mother's blood sugar's are high. They are administering insulin shots. She will be hospitalized until Friday, although I am not exactly sure why at this point. We will keep updated as we know more.
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On Distant Shores: October 2011
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Monday, October 31, 2011. Sue then called us. We were pretty excited thinking "Oh, this sounds awesome". I then asked "When is she due? A lot of people have shared their hesitation about us taking such a long match. But, when we took a short match (6 weeks til the due date), it failed. So, the length of time doesn't seem to matter. We either trust God in ALL things or we spend the next 7 - 8 months fearing what will happen. Are we scared? Yes, of course but we are learning to trust Him more. After that w...
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On Distant Shores: September 2011
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011. It's been several weeks since my last post. Honestly, between the shock of the failed adoption (for lack of a better term), dealing with the first anniversary of Eve's birth into heaven, and finally having time to process my joblessness after 5 years at the school, well it made for a difficult time to write on the blog. It was too painful to write. Woman (with great excitement in her voice)- "How's everything with the adoption? Yes, but it's true. It is through these tria...
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On Distant Shores: January 2012
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012. The feeling of helplessness. I'm writing this not because I really want to. But, because it is more important for me to address some of the issues I'm currently struggling with. There is an exposure into my grieving that I'd really rather leave alone. But, it is my believe that if I'm struggling with this, so are others and that is where my ministry lies. This is the cycle of fear. I'm so used to disappointment and death in this area that it's difficult to trust the Lord.
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On Distant Shores: March 2012
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012. Why are things so complicated? It wasn't until those 6 words were spoken that I realized how much we've been trying to run this last leg of the race on our own. Through God's guidance she helped us so much. The day after we went to the genetic counselor we found out our birthmother has gestational diabetes. Normally that wouldn't be an issue, but for us all we know is pregnancy complications (are there such things as normal pregnancies? As for the genetic counselor, well that w...
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On Distant Shores: May 2012
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Saturday, May 12, 2012. They told us that the next time she went in labor they would not stop the labor. Day 4: She went back into labor and we arrived at 10:30pm. By 1am contractions slowed. By 2am they crawled to a stop. 4 am we had an ultrasound to see how much amniotic fluid was in the womb (longer story as to why). While running back in Auntie Shannon yells "Go, Baby, Go". After a handful of pushes our baby girl arrives. Robert cuts the cord. She was incorrectly weighted her at first and they though...
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On Distant Shores: August 2011
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011. A painful post to write. Have you ever had a time in your life when you feel like you are completely in the dark? There is a lot of background information that we don't feel at liberty to discuss. But, our agent has confirmed what we feared. There is a very slim to no chance that we will be able to adopt this baby. We hope and pray for a miracle, a change of heart by the birthgiver (because it changed so rapidly from last week.). If God is for us, who can be against us? As for...
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On Distant Shores: A very tired update
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Thursday, May 10, 2012. A very tired update. Thank you to everyone for your continued support. Your prayers are precious to us. Good night.err.good morning.or something,. May 10, 2012 at 6:58 PM. So excited for you all. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Center a title="On Distant Shores" href="http:/ learningtorejoice.blogspot.com/" img border="0" src="http:/ i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy239/designsbyjenn/darbigrabboxcopy.png"/ /a /center. Blogs i love label. Links for 2016-08-26 [del.icio.us].
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On Distant Shores: March 2013
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Thursday, March 7, 2013. We are moving our blog. Due to various circumstances, we are changing the name of our blog. Please email me or follow us on facebook for the new blog address. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Center a title="On Distant Shores" href="http:/ learningtorejoice.blogspot.com/" img border="0" src="http:/ i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy239/designsbyjenn/darbigrabboxcopy.png"/ /a /center. Blogs i love label. Links for 2016-08-26 [del.icio.us]. Do not grow weary. Easy as Pie (or so they say).