Yesterday was Eli's first day of 1st grade, and he was not happy. He started crying and didn't want me to leave him because he wanted to 'spend one more day' with me. And today I had to drag him out of the car, to the drop off door, and hand him off to his Kindergarten teacher all while he was crying and begging to go back home (I'm sure I looked like an awesome mom). He's sensitive and nervous--but that boy also just loves being with his mama! I contribute it to when I was pregnant with him and had an amazing pregnancy, and at the point most moms are begging for their babies to get out of them so they can hold them, and sleep comfortably, and be able to breathe well again, I was completely fine with him staying in the womb because I knew he was comfortable and had everything he wanted and needed right where he was. And when he did come into the world, he wanted me to hold him every minute of every day...he wasn't happy with anything but my arms--I think he thought since I didn't mind sleeping while he was in my tummy that I wanted to sleep with him in my arms. I know all kids love their moms, but man, I'm that boys favorite person in the world. Kyle always jokes that nothing better happen to me just because he doesn't know he would handle Eli's sadness.
And I hurt for our little Indian girl. When she was in her first mom's womb...was she comfortable? Did she feel loved? When she was born was she confused that she didn't hear the same voice anymore that she had heard for so many months before she came into this crazy, cold world? Does she, at such a young age, feel abandoned? Desire someone to hold her in their arms while she sleeps? Did her first mom enjoy being pregnant and plan all the wonderful things she was going to do with her child over her life? Did her mom feel all her dreams fade when our little Sparrow was born and she saw she had special needs? Did she actually know before she was born that there was no way she'd be able to raise this sweet girl? Does her mom wonder if she's still alive, if she's still in India, or some other country, adopted and taken care of somewhere in the big world?
Last week we were informed that our little girl, thousands of miles away was going to have a serious surgery done...and then they postponed it a day...and then we had to wait the weekend to hear how it went. The kids and I were in Arkansas with my dad enjoying a last minute, end of summer vacation which happened to be the best place and time to receive this news. So until I heard Monday morning that the surgery went well and immediately started crying I didn't realize how scared and worried I truly was. I want to be with her so very badly...but I'm thankful she's being taken care of in the hospital by people she's known her whole life. The closest to real family that's she's ever known. But I do want her to know that she may not have come from my womb, but I want her to be comfortable...I want her to have everything she wants and needs. I will gladly give up comfort and lack and sleep to know that she's being taken care of...to know that she will be in my arms soon. I wish I could tell her first mom that she's okay...that she's going to be okay. I wish I could talk to her and tell her that I hate she had to release this sweet little girl to another mom. I want to promise her I will think of her every first day of school, when we're taking prom pictures, on our daughter's wedding day, and for every other big celebration...and days in between.
I know this probably sounds silly, but back to school is bittersweet for me this year. I just can't wait to have a summer with all of my kids under one roof (preferably in a cabin by a river ;)) instead of two in school and one in an orphanage all the way on the other side of the world. Not that I want to rush my kids growing up, but I am praying the next few months fly by with approvals coming in a hurry!!
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Friday, July 25, 2014
Good news and honesty
The last 24 hours have been great!! We received all but two pieces of our little one's medical reports yesterday, and I woke up this morning to find that the last two were sent last night! And then the director of our agency texted saying that CARA (Central Adoption Resource Authority) approved our match with her!! That's the first step of all the approvals we have to get on India's side. Now (from what I understand because I can't seem to keep up with everything) our agency will send our dossier to the orphanage where they will look through it all and approve it (or ask for MORE paperwork to be sent) and then mail us our little girl's files so that we can officially accept the referral...and then some more approvals start happening. Just a side note--I can't help thinking about all the sweet foster kids here in the US that would probably have appreciated their parents having to go through all these steps before they were born so they wouldn't have to wait for their parents to get their act together when they just want to be with them. I could go on and on about the difficulty of adopting vs the ease of a woman having baby after baby taken away because she refuses to get off drugs....but I won't...right now...on the blog...talk to me in person...and then regret bringing it up....
I've had a few super stressful days in the last 3 weeks really wanting to know more about our little girl and her special need. I haven't talked about it on the blog because it's a sensitive subject, and something that I could be judged for...even from people who haven't fully thought through it themselves. And I want to protect our little girl and don't feel sharing everything with everyone right now is beneficial. But I will tell a little of the process of our thoughts over the last few weeks just to keep people updated so they can know how to pray for her and us. And so I can have it all out there for future years when I can praise God for keeping me sane when I didn't think it was possible, and to remind me to just trust Him because he sees and takes care of this little Sparrow in the midst of all His sparrows.
Anyway, get comfortable and open your understanding ears and hearts. When we filled out the special needs form we felt like we had been very open to a lot of special needs. We considered where we were in life, where we wanted to go in the future...including a possible country move, so even with those desires, we considered ourselves open to saying yes to many things, even if those needs took a lot of time and patience when we brought her home. However, to be completely honest, we said no to maybe even more things. I understand that when I was pregnant with our babies we wouldn't make the decision to say yes or no to a child based on what the dr said. I understand that I know some very sweet, beautiful, wonderful special needs children who have some awesome parents who could never imagine life without their child. I understand that adoption is not about us...that we don't adopt to get a picture perfect child that will fit so nicely into our family...that will make our lives easier and more exciting. Orphans don't usually have a pretty story, and just like the rest of us, their goal isn't to come into a family and make everyone's lives easier. We don't know what tomorrow holds, I could be in a car accident (or break my leg in my daughter's messy room...) and cause all of our plans for the immediate or very distant future to be completely changed. I understand all of this, but when you're saying yes or no, it's easier to think of it as a choice than as a child. So this is where we are when we got the call for a referral. Our director said she spoke with the dr she usually consults with and our little one's special need was an easy fix, something that has to do with her skull, and is not a big deal. And then we started researching the tiny bit of info we received with the referral while we had weeks of waiting for reports...and realized that her special need could be a lot more intensive than we originally were told. Yes, it's google at it finest...telling us all kinds of things that we're probably dying of while we're searching for real answers---and it made us do what we all do--question our future if those answers are truth. What if our husband's headache ends up being a brain tumor?! What if our best friend's horrible rash is leprosy?! What if the child that has been referred to us, who we've been waiting 7 months for (and many more years of dreaming about), is actually mentally handicapped? What if? Really, what if? Would we say no because we have plans of a different future? Would we say yes because it's a child not a puppy? Would we say no because it might cause our family too much stress dealing with a child with such big special needs? Would we say yes because it's a child that if we say no, and other families say no, what kind of future will she have at a special needs group home in India for the rest of her life? Is this what other families do when they are given bad news during their pregnancy? Or when they're handed bad news at the same time that they're handed their brand new baby? You'd think I'd stop with this not trusting the Lord with our children after both our kids were almost diagnosed with very serious things at a couple weeks old. It wouldn't be a Vaughn child if we weren't given the opportunity to put all our faith and trust in Him soon after getting to see their beautiful faces. Yes, our children ended up getting amazing news that in the end wouldn't affect the rest of their lives, but will that be the case for every child God might give us? I don't know. I don't know the answer to that question, or to the question of what we'd do with bad news of a sweet little Indian girl. All I know is I'm praying while those reports are being looked over and discussed by the international adoption clinic. I'm praying for the Lord to calm our nerves, comfort us when things are unsure, and for understanding that He has had this sweet, perfect girl in His hands through every step of her body's formation.
I've had a few super stressful days in the last 3 weeks really wanting to know more about our little girl and her special need. I haven't talked about it on the blog because it's a sensitive subject, and something that I could be judged for...even from people who haven't fully thought through it themselves. And I want to protect our little girl and don't feel sharing everything with everyone right now is beneficial. But I will tell a little of the process of our thoughts over the last few weeks just to keep people updated so they can know how to pray for her and us. And so I can have it all out there for future years when I can praise God for keeping me sane when I didn't think it was possible, and to remind me to just trust Him because he sees and takes care of this little Sparrow in the midst of all His sparrows.
Anyway, get comfortable and open your understanding ears and hearts. When we filled out the special needs form we felt like we had been very open to a lot of special needs. We considered where we were in life, where we wanted to go in the future...including a possible country move, so even with those desires, we considered ourselves open to saying yes to many things, even if those needs took a lot of time and patience when we brought her home. However, to be completely honest, we said no to maybe even more things. I understand that when I was pregnant with our babies we wouldn't make the decision to say yes or no to a child based on what the dr said. I understand that I know some very sweet, beautiful, wonderful special needs children who have some awesome parents who could never imagine life without their child. I understand that adoption is not about us...that we don't adopt to get a picture perfect child that will fit so nicely into our family...that will make our lives easier and more exciting. Orphans don't usually have a pretty story, and just like the rest of us, their goal isn't to come into a family and make everyone's lives easier. We don't know what tomorrow holds, I could be in a car accident (or break my leg in my daughter's messy room...) and cause all of our plans for the immediate or very distant future to be completely changed. I understand all of this, but when you're saying yes or no, it's easier to think of it as a choice than as a child. So this is where we are when we got the call for a referral. Our director said she spoke with the dr she usually consults with and our little one's special need was an easy fix, something that has to do with her skull, and is not a big deal. And then we started researching the tiny bit of info we received with the referral while we had weeks of waiting for reports...and realized that her special need could be a lot more intensive than we originally were told. Yes, it's google at it finest...telling us all kinds of things that we're probably dying of while we're searching for real answers---and it made us do what we all do--question our future if those answers are truth. What if our husband's headache ends up being a brain tumor?! What if our best friend's horrible rash is leprosy?! What if the child that has been referred to us, who we've been waiting 7 months for (and many more years of dreaming about), is actually mentally handicapped? What if? Really, what if? Would we say no because we have plans of a different future? Would we say yes because it's a child not a puppy? Would we say no because it might cause our family too much stress dealing with a child with such big special needs? Would we say yes because it's a child that if we say no, and other families say no, what kind of future will she have at a special needs group home in India for the rest of her life? Is this what other families do when they are given bad news during their pregnancy? Or when they're handed bad news at the same time that they're handed their brand new baby? You'd think I'd stop with this not trusting the Lord with our children after both our kids were almost diagnosed with very serious things at a couple weeks old. It wouldn't be a Vaughn child if we weren't given the opportunity to put all our faith and trust in Him soon after getting to see their beautiful faces. Yes, our children ended up getting amazing news that in the end wouldn't affect the rest of their lives, but will that be the case for every child God might give us? I don't know. I don't know the answer to that question, or to the question of what we'd do with bad news of a sweet little Indian girl. All I know is I'm praying while those reports are being looked over and discussed by the international adoption clinic. I'm praying for the Lord to calm our nerves, comfort us when things are unsure, and for understanding that He has had this sweet, perfect girl in His hands through every step of her body's formation.
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Beautiful Face!
We received a referral for our sweet little girl July 4th!!! She is absolutely adorable, has a beautiful name, big eyes, lots of hair, and a little younger than we were expecting. This post looks so boring without a picture of her and I wish we could
include one, but we're not allowed to post her picture or much info on
social media. I'll definitely share tons more about her if you want to
ask in real life though!! :) We actually just got one black and white picture of her from the agency on Friday but we're supposed to get another color picture of her and hopefully a bit more information about her Monday morning, which can't come fast enough!
Unfortunately, when I got the call from our adoption agency, Kyle and I happened to be away from each other for a couple days and had to open her picture together over the phone (not at all like anything I imagined in all my different daydream scenarios about the day we'd receive our referral), but it was still so special, and I still cried, and I got to share her with a few close friends that I was with on a girls' trip. It's definitely a 4th of July I will never forget! We are of course beyond excited, and were so happy to be able to share her picture and the little we know about her last night at church. I say it all the time, but I absolutely love our awesome church filled with compassionate, supportive, wonderful friends who love Jesus and love us--so grateful!
Now we have months more of waiting and more paperwork. Thankfully it's not nearly as much paperwork as the home study and dossier, but the other side of that is, it's less about what we can do, and more about just sitting and waiting for India to get everything done on their side. We have so many questions about who she is and where she is, and we're making a list of questions that will hopefully all be answered by our agency and/or her orphanage. They say the waiting on this side of it is 8-12 months--more on the 12 months side, and I've heard of plenty of cases where it's taken much longer, so I'm praying for patience on my side and efficiency on India's side. The last week or two was starting to get rough for me in the waiting for a referral, and I know it's only going to get harder from here since I know her sweet face and we all want her home, so lots of prayer for us would be amazing. I'll try to update more often than I have over the last few months--since it's been pretty much no updating that'll be pretty easy. ;) Not that there will be anything necessarily to say, but I'll be around just to remind everyone to keep praying. Next post I'll explain what things we're waiting for before we can bring her home.
Unfortunately, when I got the call from our adoption agency, Kyle and I happened to be away from each other for a couple days and had to open her picture together over the phone (not at all like anything I imagined in all my different daydream scenarios about the day we'd receive our referral), but it was still so special, and I still cried, and I got to share her with a few close friends that I was with on a girls' trip. It's definitely a 4th of July I will never forget! We are of course beyond excited, and were so happy to be able to share her picture and the little we know about her last night at church. I say it all the time, but I absolutely love our awesome church filled with compassionate, supportive, wonderful friends who love Jesus and love us--so grateful!
Now we have months more of waiting and more paperwork. Thankfully it's not nearly as much paperwork as the home study and dossier, but the other side of that is, it's less about what we can do, and more about just sitting and waiting for India to get everything done on their side. We have so many questions about who she is and where she is, and we're making a list of questions that will hopefully all be answered by our agency and/or her orphanage. They say the waiting on this side of it is 8-12 months--more on the 12 months side, and I've heard of plenty of cases where it's taken much longer, so I'm praying for patience on my side and efficiency on India's side. The last week or two was starting to get rough for me in the waiting for a referral, and I know it's only going to get harder from here since I know her sweet face and we all want her home, so lots of prayer for us would be amazing. I'll try to update more often than I have over the last few months--since it's been pretty much no updating that'll be pretty easy. ;) Not that there will be anything necessarily to say, but I'll be around just to remind everyone to keep praying. Next post I'll explain what things we're waiting for before we can bring her home.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Not much here
I've promised a couple people a blog update for a while now, but haven't really wanted to write for various reasons. Really, there's not much going on except for the collecting of more paperwork. We actually have had plenty of time to get it done, but our agency isn't in any hurry for us to finish it which makes it sound a little depressing, so I just work on it slowly so I feel like I have something to do while we wait. I know we do need to get it done though, so maybe writing a blog post will motivate me to work on it.
Right now we're working on the dossier which is the file of information filled with all kinds of everything about us that is sent to India when we are matched with our child. When I read adoption blogs before we started this process, the dossier always sounded super scary and the pictures of the stacks of paperwork that are sent off are enough to scare anyone who hasn't dreamt of adopting their whole lives running for the hills--or at least to the country of interest to work in orphanages so they won't have to mess with all that junk. But I'm not going to do that to all my lovely friends who read this blog. This is my opinion of course, but it's not nearly as bad as the home study paperwork. Maybe it's just because for me answering all those personal questions and writing out my autobiography is a lot harder than making more copies and scheduling more appointments for another set of fingerprints to be done. It is frustrating having to do everything twice--especially when it involves other people such as our amazing P.A. who has to fill out the medical forms and get them notarized AGAIN. Thankfully, she is that amazing and doesn't mind--or at least acts like she doesn't. ;) And at these times I'm super grateful for our bank that notarizes for free since we have tons to be done and that could cost a fortune. One of the things we need for our dossier is the approval of our I800A--"application for determination of suitability to adopt a child from a convention country." There was a couple pieces of information missing in our home study so our social worker should be working on it, but I'm hoping the time it took for us to get our home study completed is not any indication of how long this will take. There is a time limit on getting it in which is nice, however there's still lots of time left and then we have to wait for it to be approved. So I'm just sending emails and trying to be optimistic. (See how I have high expectations for other people to get their stuff done but I'm letting myself off the hook on all that?)
I could continue on about the dossier, but it's pretty boring...just financial statements and proof of employment, etc. And other than that, not much is going on. My best friend asked me the other day how I'm handling the waiting. And right now I'm equating it to when I was in labor and I kept telling myself "it's hard now, but it's going to get worse so just hold tight and get through this moment," and all of sudden it's not too hard. There might be another painful moment that hits, but I know I haven't hit the max yet, and really, there is an end to it no matter how hard it might get, so it's good now as we're working through our 4th month of waiting. Ask me in our 4th month of waiting after we have a picture of our sweet little one and I'm sure I'll be begging for some kind of epidural!
Right now we're working on the dossier which is the file of information filled with all kinds of everything about us that is sent to India when we are matched with our child. When I read adoption blogs before we started this process, the dossier always sounded super scary and the pictures of the stacks of paperwork that are sent off are enough to scare anyone who hasn't dreamt of adopting their whole lives running for the hills--or at least to the country of interest to work in orphanages so they won't have to mess with all that junk. But I'm not going to do that to all my lovely friends who read this blog. This is my opinion of course, but it's not nearly as bad as the home study paperwork. Maybe it's just because for me answering all those personal questions and writing out my autobiography is a lot harder than making more copies and scheduling more appointments for another set of fingerprints to be done. It is frustrating having to do everything twice--especially when it involves other people such as our amazing P.A. who has to fill out the medical forms and get them notarized AGAIN. Thankfully, she is that amazing and doesn't mind--or at least acts like she doesn't. ;) And at these times I'm super grateful for our bank that notarizes for free since we have tons to be done and that could cost a fortune. One of the things we need for our dossier is the approval of our I800A--"application for determination of suitability to adopt a child from a convention country." There was a couple pieces of information missing in our home study so our social worker should be working on it, but I'm hoping the time it took for us to get our home study completed is not any indication of how long this will take. There is a time limit on getting it in which is nice, however there's still lots of time left and then we have to wait for it to be approved. So I'm just sending emails and trying to be optimistic. (See how I have high expectations for other people to get their stuff done but I'm letting myself off the hook on all that?)
I could continue on about the dossier, but it's pretty boring...just financial statements and proof of employment, etc. And other than that, not much is going on. My best friend asked me the other day how I'm handling the waiting. And right now I'm equating it to when I was in labor and I kept telling myself "it's hard now, but it's going to get worse so just hold tight and get through this moment," and all of sudden it's not too hard. There might be another painful moment that hits, but I know I haven't hit the max yet, and really, there is an end to it no matter how hard it might get, so it's good now as we're working through our 4th month of waiting. Ask me in our 4th month of waiting after we have a picture of our sweet little one and I'm sure I'll be begging for some kind of epidural!
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Merry Christmas!!
I wanted to take a quick minute to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!! I hope everyone had a great day celebrating the birth of Jesus with family and friends. We had a great day--and week--being with all of our family and friends. (And Kyle is having lots of fun playing with his Eli's new remote control helicopter.)
I know the chances of having our little one here with us next year can go either way, and I pray hard that she will be here! But even if she's not and we're still in the midst of waiting, I pray I have the beautiful outlook of this sweet adoptive mama. I don't know her outside of blog land, but she never fails to encourage through comments on mine and others' blogs and through her own blog posts. If you would take just a moment to read her recent post and pray with me that her sweet little daughter's passport will come in this week so they can go to India and have her in their arms after this long time of waiting. You all have blessed us so much and I'm grateful that we are surrounded by people who love His children and desire for them to be placed in forever families. Pray for this sweet little one that she may be embraced in the arms of her family within the next couple weeks.
Praise Jesus that He came so we can be a part of His forever family.
Merry Christmas!!
I know the chances of having our little one here with us next year can go either way, and I pray hard that she will be here! But even if she's not and we're still in the midst of waiting, I pray I have the beautiful outlook of this sweet adoptive mama. I don't know her outside of blog land, but she never fails to encourage through comments on mine and others' blogs and through her own blog posts. If you would take just a moment to read her recent post and pray with me that her sweet little daughter's passport will come in this week so they can go to India and have her in their arms after this long time of waiting. You all have blessed us so much and I'm grateful that we are surrounded by people who love His children and desire for them to be placed in forever families. Pray for this sweet little one that she may be embraced in the arms of her family within the next couple weeks.
Praise Jesus that He came so we can be a part of His forever family.
Merry Christmas!!
Friday, December 20, 2013
More bragging on our favorites
There's a lot of things I should be doing right now, but I can't keep going until I write a little blog about the craft fair last weekend. And to say it yet again--we have the most generous, loving church you could possibly imagine. (I know you might think you do if you attend a different church--but we do--and I win, because it's my blog. ;)) But really, they are--they love us so much, and I love hearing the little comments that are being made about our little one like she half belongs to each of them. I know they already feel like she's a part of their lives by how much they want to bring her home and will do anything to help us do that. I absolutely cannot wait until she gets here so she can see how much she is loved by so many people!
And back to the craft fair--which was absolutely perfect! There were so many generous people who donated and shopped. I loved seeing all of our favorite people in one room excited about what they've made and what they're buying because they are excited to bring a new little one into the Providence family. And this year the craft fair raised more money than any other year before-----$4,450!!!!
Kyle and I keep talking about how we just cannot get over how grateful we are for our friends who have supported us so much. The Lord has led us to adopt, and he is leading our friends and family to support, support, support. I know I joke about our church being the most generous and loving, but in all honesty, they're just a picture of Jesus--they're the hands and feet of the One they serve. They are the example of what every church is supposed to look like--what THE Church is supposed to look like. And we are forever grateful for not only their financial support but especially for their prayers and love. Thank you all who donated and helped and shopped at the craft fair--and for being our friends always. (I love having this blog just say I can brag on our family and friends.) We love you guys!!
And back to the craft fair--which was absolutely perfect! There were so many generous people who donated and shopped. I loved seeing all of our favorite people in one room excited about what they've made and what they're buying because they are excited to bring a new little one into the Providence family. And this year the craft fair raised more money than any other year before-----$4,450!!!!
Kyle and I keep talking about how we just cannot get over how grateful we are for our friends who have supported us so much. The Lord has led us to adopt, and he is leading our friends and family to support, support, support. I know I joke about our church being the most generous and loving, but in all honesty, they're just a picture of Jesus--they're the hands and feet of the One they serve. They are the example of what every church is supposed to look like--what THE Church is supposed to look like. And we are forever grateful for not only their financial support but especially for their prayers and love. Thank you all who donated and helped and shopped at the craft fair--and for being our friends always. (I love having this blog just say I can brag on our family and friends.) We love you guys!!
Friday, December 6, 2013
Come Soon
I know I've said this in a million ways on this blog already (and I'm sure I'll say it a million more times), but we are in awe of how the Lord's people have desired to help in any way they can in bringing our little one home. At the beginning of this I didn't even want to have to ask for money--to ask to borrow people's tables for our sales has been hard enough! I knew it was going to be awesome to see it all raised, but asking people for help is not the easiest thing for me to do (unless it's my parents--thanks mom and dad!). But then the offerings of wonderful friends and strangers of their possessions, time, money, talents came pouring in and I've been very humbled as I've watched how his people have given and given. I'm grateful that we're surrounded by friends who love Jesus and want to serve with all they have been given. And as a side note--I'm grateful for a God who creates people in so many unique and diverse ways--what a bunch of beautiful people he has created in this world!
All that to say--we have been blessed by yet another friend! I mentioned a few blogs ago that our (very talented and big hearted) worship pastor, Drue Phillips, wrote a song for Advent last year, and this year wanted to record it for everyone to worship with during this season. Instead of telling you all about it, I'll just let you go to the fundraising page he created for our adoption using this song! He put together a video that talks about the song and our story and is offering a download for $1! I could talk all day about how moving this song is but my words would never do it justice. I feel this way about all of Drue's songs--the Lord has blessed him with some unbelievable talent, but this song touches a special place in my heart during this season of expectant waiting.
Yes, it helps our adoption, but more than that I know it will bless you in amazing ways. You can check out this song for only $1, but I'd also encourage you to at least go for a download of this and his album for $10--it's all beautiful! Thank you Drue!!
All that to say--we have been blessed by yet another friend! I mentioned a few blogs ago that our (very talented and big hearted) worship pastor, Drue Phillips, wrote a song for Advent last year, and this year wanted to record it for everyone to worship with during this season. Instead of telling you all about it, I'll just let you go to the fundraising page he created for our adoption using this song! He put together a video that talks about the song and our story and is offering a download for $1! I could talk all day about how moving this song is but my words would never do it justice. I feel this way about all of Drue's songs--the Lord has blessed him with some unbelievable talent, but this song touches a special place in my heart during this season of expectant waiting.
Yes, it helps our adoption, but more than that I know it will bless you in amazing ways. You can check out this song for only $1, but I'd also encourage you to at least go for a download of this and his album for $10--it's all beautiful! Thank you Drue!!
Come Soon
Also-while I'm on our awesome friends helping us--if you didn't see on our fb page, due to this crazy ice all over everything we're moving the craft fair to next Saturday. I know it gets busier and busier the closer we get to Christmas, but this sale is worth making time for since you'll cross off at least half of the names on your Christmas list while you're there. I'm telling you--we seriously have some of the most talented friends in the world. How does that happen?!
NEXT Saturday! December 14th!
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