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Swim Progress4 comments

jgumm wrote 4 months ago: Friday we spent the day swimming at our friend’s house. Dad told the 3 youngest kids “No … more →

Tags: Our Family, Ethiopia, Adoption, older child adoption, older sibling adoption

Answering the prayer of a little girl's heart9 comments

jgumm wrote 4 months ago: I was just commenting to someone last week that it seemed as if we had not had as many grieving tear … more →

Tags: Our Family, God's Lessons, Ethiopia, Adoption, older child adoption, older sibling

First Big School Project2 comments

jgumm wrote 6 months ago: I’m not sure how, but so far we had escaped the big school projects. But toward the end of Apr … more →

Tags: Our Family, Post Adoption, Ethiopia, Adoption, older sibling adoption

Thinking Back1 comment

jgumm wrote 6 months ago: I was going through the pictures on my computer the other day and found this one… This text me … more →

Tags: The Process, Ethiopia, Adoption, Hope Adoption Agency, Ethiopian coffee, older sibling adoption

Expanding the food horizons2 comments

jgumm wrote 6 months ago: Food issues are SOOOO much better after being home 5 months. They will eat about 98% of what we fix. … more →

Tags: Our Family, Post Adoption, Ethiopia, Adoption, Ethiopian coffee, older sibling adoption

Five Months Home4 comments

jgumm wrote 6 months ago: I just about fell off the planet there didn’t I? Somehow by the end of the day I don’t h … more →

Tags: Our Family, God's Lessons, Ethiopia, Adoption, ethiopian adoption

Mother's Day Prayer2 comments

jgumm wrote 6 months ago: My hubby doesn’t write often, but when he does, it’s good. Read about Beza’s Mothe … more →

Tags: God's Lessons

Stubborn1 comment

jgumm wrote 6 months ago: Beza can be quite stubborn when she gets an idea in her head. Last week at bedtime she glumly looked … more →

Tags: Our Family

Colorful Heaven1 comment

jgumm wrote 6 months ago: Since Beza’s big decision last week there has been a lot more talk about heaven and eternity. … more →

Tags: Our Family

One Simple Act5 comments

jgumm wrote 6 months ago: As a writer, there are few experiences in life that leave me at a true loss for words. But that is t … more →

Tags: God's Lessons, Our Ethiopia Trip

Hope-Filled Day2 comments

jgumm wrote 7 months ago: Today has been one of those amazing, fill-your-heart, walking-on-clouds, amazed-at-God’s-goodn … more →

Tags: God's Lessons, Our Ethiopia Trip, Hope for the hopeless, Tom Davis, Children's Hopechest

Corn, Cheese, Parasites and Drama7 comments

jgumm wrote 7 months ago: Yeah, so there’s been a bit of a blogging drought going on over here, I know. When you work fo … more →

Tags: Our Family, Post Adoption

Flag Football1 comment

jgumm wrote 7 months ago: Most people will probably be surprised to hear that Wendemagegn decided to go out for Flag Football … more →

Tags: Our Family

American Girly Girl3 comments

jgumm wrote 8 months ago: I was surprised that it took this long, but finally about two weeks ago Beza asked if she could get … more →

Tags: Our Family, pierced ears, Sisters

When your son pulls a gun on the social worker...5 comments

jgumm wrote 8 months ago: So this morning was our first post-placement visit with our social worker. Hubby spent yesterday cle … more →

Tags: Our Family, Post Adoption

Forgot to buy that...6 comments

jgumm wrote 8 months ago: All four kids spent the night at MeeMaw and Pa’s house last night. This morning I got a call f … more →

Tags: Our Family

Your Brother is Black?7 comments

jgumm wrote 8 months ago: Before we brought the kids home, I did lots of reading on transracial families and one great book ca … more →

Tags: Our Family, Post Adoption

New Glasses3 comments

jgumm wrote 8 months ago: Beza got her new glasses last week and boy does she look cute. This is kind of a bad picture – … more →

Tags: Our Family, Post Adoption

Animals and Drama2 comments

jgumm wrote 8 months ago: One of the things I have been dying to do with Kristen and her kids is take her to the Wildlife Worl … more →

Tags: Our Family, Post Adoption


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