Surprise, surprise! 18 weeks and counting for baby boy. Here is me (Misty) with my dear sweet friend, Becky, on Thanksgiving night. Many have asked for a pic of my baby bump, and this is the only one I really have...
After several months in the States, we knew it was time to return to Panama...
As mentioned in the last post containing Part 1, these posts contain a link to a very encouraging, insightful interview that looks into miscarriage and infertility...
What do all these things have in common? A lot of pain for many people. This was my first Mother's Day in the States since becoming a mom of a child on this earth. We went through many Mother's Days wanting to have children and unable to do so. Painful doesn't begin to scratch the surface...
Check out Ari Herrera's report from the recent trip to an "orphanage" that Ari coordinated for a local group of school kids. As you may recall, Ari is on staff with HCCM. She occasionally coordinates trips for those groups or individuals desiring to get involved to help at orphanages or other means of assisting the abandoned children of Panama. Below is her account of the days' events, a day that forever impacted a group of 4th graders to understand the faces of the orphan, the malnourished, the needy...
TORNADOES, that is. And lots of them! Peter just couldn't remember this new word, and so kept calling them tomatoes. It's a good thing too, because as we were driving in the middle of the tornadoes, his cute voice helped calm me down. "Daddy, did the tomato knock down those trees?" Not quite as scary when you put it in that perspective...
Nope, haven't fallen off the face of the earth :) We have been in Raleigh, NC for the past month. Our visa finally came thru for Peter and we took off right away. Meanwhile, Ari is hard at work for HCCM back in Panama...
Well, thanks to the advice from so many friends, along with the water crisis giving me an extra incentive :), we decided to take a break from potty training at night...
So we are 56 days into this water crisis. Tired of me blogging about it? Yeah, not so fun dealing with it... (more)