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    ByKristin January 21, 2007August 21, 2016 adoption
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    We are planning to adopt this baby girl. She’s due May 10. Her name is Catherine Anna and we’ll call her Cate.


    Long story somewhat short: My sister found out an 18-year-old girl she knows wanted to give her baby up for adoption and ended up putting us in touch with each other. This was right at Christmas. Details started to come together this past Wednesday and then Greg and I went to Bloomington, Ind., on Thursday to meet with the birthmother and see this amazing ultrasound. The birthmother is 25 weeks or so pregnant.

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Telling stories is my therapy, and I love sharing them with friends on my porch. God authors the stories on our porches and wherever we go.

The main characters in my stories are my entrepreneur husband, our college girl, our high school boy, and our fourth-grade girl. As we live out our stories, we seek God as the author of them all.

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