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Let It Go: The Song God Keeps Teaching Me

Let It Go: The Song God Keeps Teaching Me

By Marty Walden · 17 Comments

I started this post last Christmas because I knew my husband and I were headed into a season of uncertainty. The single lyric of Let It Go was stuck in my head and for good reason.  Tim was scheduled for hernia surgery followed by rotator cuff surgery in early December. As a painting contractor that meant a six month recovery and unemployment…. Read More

Filed Under: adoption, faith, family, Grief, Lifestyle, marriage, parenting, RAD, Reactive Attachment Disorder Tagged With: adoption, Faith, Family

Advice for New Dads: Cliff Notes Version

Advice for New Dads: Cliff Notes Version

By Marty Walden · 1 Comment

Great advice for new dads from a first time father, with everything you need to know to make it through those sleepless first days! Welcome back my daughter Rachel and an especially big welcome to her husband Donny!  Let me tell you about my son-in-law. Throughout the courtship/dating process he and Rachel spent a lot of time in our home…. Read More

Filed Under: family, Lifestyle, Motherhood, parenting, parenting adult children, parenting young adults, Rachel Tagged With: Family, motherhood, Parenting

3 Tools for Organizing Your Life!

3 Tools for Organizing Your Life!

By Marty Walden · Leave a Comment

  Since we’ve just finished celebrating Mother’s Day I’m here to share a few of the tools I’ve used through the years to keep our home running smoothly. Or at least an attempt at order amidst chaos! I remember the day we brought our first child, a daughter, home from the hospital. I looked at this perfect, beautiful baby and wondered… Read More

Filed Under: Declutter, family, Organization, parenting, parenting young adults Tagged With: Family, Parenting

Our Teenaged Son was a Runaway

Our Teenaged Son was a Runaway

By Marty Walden · 47 Comments

I have been paralyzed for over a week. Unable to write a word or formulate a thought.  I’d find myself staring at the floor for untold moments. Only feelings of grief and shock.  You see, this past Tuesday, April 28th, our 16-year-old adopted son became a runaway. Our son is the youngest of a sibling group we adopted in 2000. The… Read More

Filed Under: adoption, family, Lifestyle, parenting, RAD Tagged With: adoption, attachment, Reactive Attachment Disorder

52 Lists in 52 Weeks #18

By Marty Walden · 3 Comments

52 Lists in 52 Weeks : #18 Random Things I’ve Learned from being a Mom: Your faith is to be lived as well as taught. Be flexible. Take your shower before anyone gets up. If you wait, it’s not going to happen. Must have Xanax for teaching driving (don’t ask, just take my word for it). The house will never… Read More

Filed Under: 52 lists in 52 weeks, parenting, scrapbook, scrapbooking

First Shave

First Shave

By Marty Walden · 1 Comment

Ahhh, the day a boy turns into a man. His first shave. But what do I know about it? Absolutely nothing. M has been growing facial hair for some time now and we resisted taking the plunge and lettting him shave. (Part of it was that his older brother didn’t shave until he was probably 15.  Joshua had little facial… Read More

Filed Under: adoption, family, parenting, Reactive Attachment Disorder

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