Hurricane Ike hits Cincy
We thought we lived in the hurricane free midwest. We were wrong. School has been cancled for 3 days. Our brother and sister-in-law have been without power for 4 days. It’s been a whirlwind, literally.
Before cleanup . . .
After cleanup . . .
With the help of all our neighbors we were able to clean everything up in 9 hours on Monday. Needless to say, I’m baking them all cookies!!!
God is good
We heard from our adoption agency yesterday that they are working hard to resolve their snafus with the Hague. They said not to worry, that no matter what happens, none of this should affect anyone’s process, timeline, finances, etc. It was very good news for us.
The difficulty whenever things go sour for a time is that people become very verbal about what they dislike. It’s really unfortunate because the agency is doing everything they can to fix the problems. They need to hear from the majority of us who praise God for the work they do and send them up in our prayers.
things that are hard
This may be a little personal but I believe my readers are only women and my husband.
Today I went for my yearly female doctor’s visit. I never liked going in the first place, but since Zach and I found out we couldn’t get pregnant it’s been even more difficult. When you walk in, there are 2 walls covered from ceiling to floor with pictures of all the newborn babies that these doctors have delivered. They are precious. But they are also a glaring reminder that I will never join those ranks. So, I look at them for a brief moment and try to find my two nieces (haven’t seen them yet), and then I sit with my back to the wall.
It’s just another one of those things I haven’t figured out how to deal with yet.
exchange students
It’s so much fun working with the AFS exchange students. One of my students this year is Elena from Italy. I took her to a Reds game on Friday night and she was SO EXCITED. It was fun to watch her experience this great American past time. There were even fireworks over the Ohio river after the game. 
Oh yeah, we did win against the San Fransisco Giants. It couldn’t have been a better game.




