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Monday, December 10, 2012
Give said the little stream...but not to them!
'Tis the season of giving! Or so I thought. A common theme I have heard this holiday season is something along the lines of 'We should only help people in this country.' Now it's not usually stated so bluntly but that's exactly what "I don't know why people donate to organizations that just send the money over seas." or "Why volunteer with them they just use send stuff to other countries." Or "We should just help people here."
Now, I'm all for helping those around us, but last I checked a person is a person no matter where they are. By the grace of God or dumb luck, what ever you want to call it, I was born to one of few very fortunate areas. I've never gone hungry or watched a love one die because we couldn't afford medicine. So being one of the very few who have been blessed to be able to help others, why would I discriminate against those who weren't. I'm pretty sure the children born into refuge camps in the middle of the barren desert didn't do much to deserve that. I think there is a mentality to help our own first, or help our own first then others. I am a person so all people are my own. Also, there will ALWAYS be needs right here in the USA or right here in Utah or even right here in Cedar Hills. So if you are waiting for the needs to be filled here before branching out there is going to be a lot of waiting.
So you can judge me for, maybe, collecting donations to help bring a well to an impoverished area in Ethiopia so that hundreds of men, women and children, no longer have to fear the diseases that come from drinking from the polluted stream, but I'm going to sleep pretty well knowing I helped a child of God.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
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Monday, June 18, 2012
Xander Age 2
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Happy World Down Syndrome Day
When a mother hears that her unborn baby has down syndrome it is scary. As great as it would be for every mother to jump for joy at this diagnosis, that's not reality. It is scary. 90% of the time fear wins out and those babies are never born. 10% of the time, love wins and a mother is blessed beyond comprehension (as all mothers of all babies are). My hope is that people will see and realize that down syndrome is okay, and that fear will not win so often. This is what parents said they "would go back and tell themselves".
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Happy Transformations
So I've been some what obsessed with the web site Reese's Rainbow lately. I've read about what happens to most of these children once they reach the age of 4 (or 6 depending on where they live). They are sent from orphanages to institutions. Now, I didn't really know what they meant by institutions. It didn't sound so bad until i saw pictures like this.
Children become shells of their former selves in months. There are more here.
HOWEVER, there are many happy endings. These children were adopted and now have loving families. These are the happy transformations.
Belle home 13 months
Katie only 3 months later
Kori one year later
Sweet Gabe after only 8 months.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
We have arrived...
After all these years we have lived with a tiny bed. There. I said it. We were tiny bed people. However, we are finally adults. Not just adults, we are KINGS!! And it is wonderful! We can sleep like starfish. It's amazing.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
What if...?
Sunday, January 8, 2012
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
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Monday, June 27, 2011
Our California Adventure Part III: Catalina
Monday, June 20, 2011
Our California Adventures Part I: Graduation
Our California Adventures Part II: Big Sur
Friday, June 17, 2011
In a Year I Have Learned...
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Monday, May 30, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Walkin' Man
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Sunday, May 22, 2011
Oh my we ARE hippies!
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Mother's Day
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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Xander's Ten Month Adventures!
Monday, March 7, 2011
Better Out Than In
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Oh So Many Videos
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Sleeping? Eating? Not in This Play Pen.
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Friday, February 4, 2011
Xander 8 Months!
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
The Money Pit
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Sunday, January 9, 2011
7 months and so much fun!
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Friday, January 7, 2011
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Xander 6 Months
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Getting Used to Love
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Monday, November 8, 2010
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Friday, October 15, 2010
Confessions From My Post Baby Body
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Saturday, October 9, 2010
Xander 4 Months!
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Saturday, October 2, 2010
Pajama Church!
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
I AM AWESOME!
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
The Amazing Xander!
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Sunday, September 12, 2010
The Cloth Diaper Experiment
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Friday, September 3, 2010
Xander 3 Months!
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Xander's Cuteness and Pixie too!
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Xander: Month 2!
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Xander's Last Bath in the Sink
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Our Little Boy is Growing Up
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Friday, July 16, 2010
Spitting Image of My Father
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