Short for "Cinnamon Toast Crunch," a combination of my Mama and my Daddy's bloggy names! I am a little man who likes to eat, sleep, smile, and go for rides in my really sweet stroller wheels! Sometimes I fuss a bit because of the bubbles in my tummy, but Mama thinks I am one pretty easy going dude! Click on my picture to learn more about me! :o)
"C.C."
Short for "Cinnamon Crunch," my most favorite breakfast bagel treat! I am a 30-something, totally Type-A, slightly OCD, yet somehow cluttered woman of FAITH. I love JESUS, my husband, my family, and my SON!!! I value peace, yet appreciate what God has taught me through the trying and sometimes painful circumstances of life in this fallen world. I enjoy writing (especially blogging), reading, watching tv, and playing with our dogs. My continual prayer for this blog is that God will help me to share the experiences of my life in a way that would minister to others and bring glory to Him!
Short for "Double Toasted" ~the way he likes his bagels prepared~ D.T. is my very handsome, European-born, multi-talented singer, chef, motorcycle loving, theologian husband! Like everything else in his life, he enjoys a plain or sesame bagel very "well done!" I am so blessed that God brought Double T all the way across the world to be with me, and I look forward to growing very old together!
Time in Romania
Bucharest
Goldie Marie
Our 4 year old pound puppy. Also affectionately known as Golda, Maria, Mitzi, Itsy, Itsy Bitsy, and anything else Double T can come up with! :-) Goldie loves to play with squeaky balls, race around the back yard, chew a good bone, bark until she gets what she wants, and ignore her annoying little puppy brother.
Benjamin Henry
Our 2 year old "Jackabee" (1/2 jack russel, 1/2 beagle) puppy that was born on Super Bowl Sunday 2008 . Also affectionately known as Ben, Bennie, Boo-boo, Moo-moo, Mushu, Mushulika, Mushulescu, and once again, anything else Double T can come up with! Ben loves to attack his older puppy sister, howl, chew sticks, pull stuffing out of toys, watch TV, and curl up in anyone's lap for a good snooze.
I don't know if any of you are familiar with Mark Schultz's music, but he is a very talented Christian artist, and I just recently learned that he is adopted. I wanted to share these two videos with you that share his perspective as well as what might be the perspective of a birth mom. Over this last year and a half, I have gone through a lot of emotions and different trains of thought on this whole process and how a birth mom fits into everything, and I am so glad that God has brought me to a point where I have such a great respect for birth moms and the choice they make for their children.
Thanks for sharing this. So powerful. Birthmothers are celebrated the day before Mother's Day which appropriately fell on Elijah's 1st birthday this year. I will always be mindful of the gift and choice she made.
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I will most definitely come back when I have a few minutes and watch these videos. I am very interested in Mark Schulze's story. :)
Thanks for sharing this. So powerful. Birthmothers are celebrated the day before Mother's Day which appropriately fell on Elijah's 1st birthday this year. I will always be mindful of the gift and choice she made.
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