On this day last year, The Familiar Stranger released! In honor of this momentous–as in lasts only a moment–day in history, I’m giving away an autographed copy to one of the new subscribers to my infrequent, humorous newsletter! Sign up at my website before my birthday, 9/30. If you happen to already be signed up, […]
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The Newest Addition to the Family!
Our hopes and dreams and prayers since September 2008 have been realized today with the adoption of our “Angel,” Liliana Grace Berry!!
Keeper of Prayers
I tucked my almost–as in three days away from–two-year old “Tyler” into bed tonight and sang a few songs, then prayed. After I said, “Amen,” he prayed too. Went a little something like this: “I-nah, i-nah, i-nah i-nah i-nah i-nah. I-nah Mom. I-nah i-nah i-nah i-nah mine.” And so on, with a very powerful “i-nah” […]
The Bigger the Family … the BIGGER the Flu!
Should I change the name of my blog to Journey Through Sickness??? Seems to be all I write about lately! Last Thursday afternoon I added a seven-month old to our household for a short term foster placement. There were huge reasons why I didn’t say No, and you know what they are if you know […]
One Sick Puppy
I’m humbling myself here and begging for prayer. About a week ago, I started getting body aches. Followed by an extremely sore throat. Turned into clear blisters all over my tonsils. Gastrointestinal issues. Sneezing. Runny nose. Stuffy nose. Barking cough. Stuffy head. Goopy eyes. Every day one symptom disappears, but a new one takes its […]
Parading Proudly in a Tutu
I posted this status on facebook about five hours ago: Watching my three-year old NOT dance at dance class. Great use of my time! 🙂 Man, did I get responses! Apparently I touched on a common nerve of mothers. “Angel” watched Andrea dance all last year. She would stand at the door and tap-tap-tap her […]
We Interrupt the Regularly-Scheduled Programming …
To bring you this update. Some of you may have noticed that the forecasted blog posts are not appearing as quickly as I’d hoped to post them. I’m willing to bet you won’t blame me when you hear why. We have a new foster placement. Previously I’ve used the abbreviation FC#_ to show I’m talking […]
Adoptive Mom Calls with Update
It was a joy to hear the adoptive mom’s voice on the phone. I knew the boys had been home with them for four days and, of course, I wondered how things had gone. Right after the new parents had left with the boys, my mother asked if we’d be keeping in touch. “It’s up […]
I’m a Dirty, Rotten Liar
By Christina Tarabochia on August 27, 2008 in ACFW, Dineen Miller, Foster Care, Genesis Contest, Marketing, Writing
I said in the last post that our book had been to committee, but I told an untruth. My mother kept saying we didn’t know for sure we’d been talk about, kept insinuating that all this waiting was for nothing and would need to be repeated two weeks later, that the torture would never stop. […]
WEIRD Things are Going On!
I’m going to assume that every single person who reads this blog is already subscribed to the infrequent, humorous Ashberry Lane Newsletter. If you’re not, why not?? The sixth edition hit inboxes around the world on Tuesday at noon. In case you missed it, here’s the main jest of the latest issue: WE’VE BEEN TO […]