2011 Tapestry Conference

You can get the Adoption & Foster Care Conference materials by clicking this link.


The sessions we went to were:

Adoption: Myths and Realities

Keys to Success for Healthy Adoptive & Foster Families - Slideshow & Notes

Opening Up About Open Adoption - Slideshow, Benefits, Identity & Openness and Openness & Development

Making Sense of the Cost of Adoption

We definitely enjoyed and learned a lot from this conference. We are also glad our friends Darren and Jamie came with us! Hopefully we can stay connected to this ministry as we will be needing advice from those who have walked this path before ue!

Blog Post

Blog post from a woman who struggled with IF. Always good to know you are not alone!
http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/2011/10/motherhood-mondays-what-if-you-cant.html#more

Brick walls...

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people! - Randy Pausch

So, the agency we have been on the waiting list to go to orientation for the last 5 months is moving back its enrollment until January. This means even more waiting, or a change of game plan. We have decided to keep them in our back pocket, but to attack this adventure more head on. So, we created a website and are going to look into Private Party Adoption - where you try it without an agency. If you know of anyone, please pass on our webpage:
https://sites.google.com/site/jamjacksonfamily

We are also opening up to international adoption if we can find one that is not too expensive and doesn't require too much time off; we've got to keep our jobs to pay for the adoption, right?

So, we are asking for prayers and support through this time. I know God can see the end and it is for His glory!

For those who wait

Another day, another waiting game
A little different but it's still the same
I am here, but where's the one I'm longing for?
I'm having trouble feeling all alone
Will my heart ever find a home?
I want to hope but sometimes I just don't know
I know I'm not the only one

So we sing a lullaby to the lonely hearts tonight
Let it set your heart on fire, let it set you free
When you're fighting to believe
In a love that you can't see
Just know there is a purpose
For those who wait

I want to open up my eyes
I know that all I need is time
I'm growing stronger every single day
God, I'm going to lean into You now
Letting go of all my fear and doubt
I can't do this on my own so I'll give You control
I know I’m not the only one

The pressure makes us stronger
The struggle makes us hunger
The hard lessons make the difference
The pressure makes us stronger
The struggle makes us hunger
The hard lessons make the difference
And the difference makes it worth it

~Fireflight

Dora the Explorer

We have been going to Collin College every Tuesday and Thursday night for 2.5 hours to take Spanish I. We want our child(ren) to be bilingual, so we have to be too! It is pretty tough! If we hadn't already had 3 years of Spanish in high school, we would be sunk! Anywho, here is the list of words for tomorrow's quiz! See how well you can do!

Choose a Study ModeScatterLearnFlashcards

Study these flash cards | Study spanish flash cards

FREE Adoption Conference

We are registered for a FREE adoption conference, hosted by the Irving Bible Church's Tapestry Ministry. The conference is from 8:45 - 3:30 on October 29th. More details can be found here if you want to come!

The car is paid off!!!

BOOYAH!

Sorry to disappoint you Mr. Banker...
Not!

-J