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The Velardes: remembering what breaks your heart
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Remembering what breaks your heart. It was the summer of 2008. I was 18 and I had just gotten the email that told me I would be able to go to Romania even though my assigned team could no longer make it. This June, it will be four years since I took that flight and held Elena in my arms for the first time. This past week I came across this post. On abortion and this post. On adoption. My heart broke again as I was reminded of that burden I used to feel for the abandoned and u...
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The Velardes: Why we're here.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012. In the now almost-seven months we've been here, in the eight months we've had this blog, we've never really shared about what brought us out here. About why. Yes, Rene got a job. And though those are harder to come by these days, a job in and of itself wouldn't have lured us away from all we've ever known and all those we love. It's much more than that. It had to be. And this video does an amazing job of showing what we are so privileged to be a part of. Take a look.
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Barefoot And Beautiful: November 2012
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8220; How beautiful are the feet of those who. Preach the gospel of peace,. Who bring glad tidings of good things! Monday, November 19, 2012. I realize I have so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. My husband's deployment got canceled so he is here with me this Thanksgiving! It would be a very different Thanksgiving for me otherwise! Therefore, I decided to do a Pinterest word search for ' thankful. Here are my favorite "thankful" search results on Pinterest! What are you thankful. 1 Choose 5 new ...
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From Our Home: May 2013
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Friday, May 31, 2013. Baby Bump #3- 34 week update. And are breathing sighs of relief! We hit our goal, and are beyond at this point. I have another appointment on Wednesday with my Dr. He is going to check me then to see if anything is happening. With all of the contractions that I have been having, especially the past couple of days, I'm sure there is something going on. Names are narrowed down- one boy, and one girl. It's a daily conversation in our home about what we will bring home. The kids...I was...
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From Our Home: Baby Bump #3 Update- and Baby Prep.
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Thursday, June 13, 2013. Baby Bump #3 Update- and Baby Prep. Well, we made it to our goal of 34 weeks, and are well beyond that at this point. Baby has had lots of extra time to cook and add ounces. For this we are thanking God. What a blessing to move us through the scare of pre-term labor. We can now rest assured that we will have a full-term, healthy newborn in the very near future! I'm hoping I don't need to keep my appointment that is scheduled for Tuesday. We had some professional Baby Bump picture...
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From Our Home: December 2013
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Friday, December 27, 2013. A trip to the ER. We had our first major accident with any of the kids this past summer. We went to the community picnic in town for a picnic dinner, door prizes, and visits with friends and neighbors. The kids were excited to go and play on the 'big park', and Eliott brought his tractors with to drive through the sand. We noticed when we got to the hospital that he didn't even have shoes on.oh well! They quickly ushered us in to a room, got him on the monitor, and put some ice...
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The Velardes: Happy six months!
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Saturday, July 7, 2012. Jess and I have now lived in PA for 6 months. I let out a deep sigh as I typed that last sentence up. Half a year in a different world. Half a year away from friends and family. Half a year away from the life I once knew and found oh so comfortable and familiar. To be honest, a big part of me still misses my old life; I don't really know why. I just do. We found a place to live (and made it our home). We became official Pennsylvanians (& have drivers licenses to prove it! We disco...
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The Velardes: November 2011
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011. A bit about Lancaster. So we wanted to share a preview of where we're actually heading with you guys until we get there and can share our own photos. Driving into the county, most everything looks like this. And it's gorgeous. Then There's a little bit of this. And then all of the sudden, it looks like this. We're excited to experience four real seasons (yee! Tuesday, November 29, 2011. No We're not pregnant. Not yet at least.). We're moving to Pennsylvania! LCBC currently h...
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The Velardes: oh hey internet
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Friday, June 8, 2012. I'm glad. Because we have been completely failing as bloggers lately. Completely. But hey, life takes priority. And I'm pretty sure no one cried because of my lack of updates. And it's okay to blog as little and sporadically as we wish because it's our blog, after all. Okay, enough of my excuses. We're trying to be better bloggers again. Here's what we have been up to…. I (Jess) flew to California for a hectic but wonderful weekend of family time and mostly work. That engagement ses...
