Home with Tracy

Our friends, Kevin and Debbie, are in the process of adopting from the Democratic Republic of the Congo . You can follow their adoption journey at  Forever By Grace .  They have been accepted to be the featured family this week (Feb 26-Mar 3) with an organization called Give1 Save1 . Basically, people donate $1 towards their adoption fund and if 1000 people give $1 then that’s $1000 that goes to bringing home their baby! What a great organization and a great way for us all to work together to support adoption. I ask that you please consider helping our friends bring their baby home. Also, please fell free to share this post so that others may also help. Please consider helping support their adoption and give $1 to the Weldon's this week! Click  here.   Thank you!!!

Since we registered for the  Teach Them Diligently Convention back in the beginning of January, our oldest son has been wanting to pack for the trip. I keep telling him it is too early. He is so cute, he wants to pack a suit to wear in case he gets a chance to meet Ken Ham. I think he wants his job when he grows up. I must say, I am pretty pleased with his choice of a mentor. Today, I finally realize it is less than three weeks away. With a our family of six going, I decided I better start planning. So, I started making my lists...yes, plural! I was trying to figure out what bag I would take with me to the convention. I knew that I would need a bag big enough to carry my notebook, the convention notebook, my Bible, snacks for the kids, a change of clothes for the kids (12 hours away from the hotel, you never know what is going to happen), etc. I finally decided that I am going to bring our small rolling suitcase. I may look weird, but I will be very prepared and I wont have to car

The worldly message of what makes a marriage work as seen in movies, books, television shows, is most commonly portrayed as attraction. It is deceitfully described as love, but often it is only lust. Unfortunately, that is why so many marriages fail. Marriage is about much more than attraction. Actually, attraction is just a small part of it. Marriage is about devotion, dedication, commitment, loyalty, faithfulness, trust, forgiveness, patience, kindness, respect, growing. Marriage is about standing next to a person, taking a vow to be with them through it all. Through the mountains and the valleys. Being with someone, completely committed to someone through all the valleys, makes a marriage stronger. Marriage should grow through the years. Marriage takes work in order to grow. You would not simply plant a seed in the sand and hope that it grows into what it is capable of growing in to.   Marriage grows when it is cared for. Marriage grows when you are not only growing clos

I've been struggling with something for a while now. My struggle has caused me to hide out in my house and not want to go out into the world. What is my struggle? Women treating other women in a negative matter. Women talking about other women in a negative matter. More to the point - I struggle with the way moms treat other moms. We moved down south from Michigan about 5 years ago. I was excited for the change. My excitement was quickly squashed with the negativity I received. Unfortunately, there are still some people down south who do not care for people from the north. This has been a struggle the entire time I have lived down here. I simply do not fit in. My feeling is that I don't care where you are from. If you are a woman, we have something in common and we should support each other and lift each other up. If you are a mom, we have even more in common and we should support each other and lift each other up. It doesn't matter if you are a working mom or a s

I haven't blogged in awhile. I haven't felt like it. I have been suffocating in self-pity for the past week. Since we announced that we are adopting, I have been met with reactions I didn't anticipate. I remember when I announced each of my pregnancies, it was received with excitement and encouragement. I thought that would be the case when we announced our adoption too. After all, we are being blessed with a son. That is exciting, right? Since I didn't expect it, it was rather difficult for me to digest. I got angry, I got depressed, I was hurt. I have spent the week just being sad. I spent the week doubting. Things are not going as I thought they would. Hmmm, did you read that last sentence? There in lies the problem. Things are not supposed to go the way I think they should go. Things are supposed to go the way He has planned.  This morning, before my husband left for work, he told me about his quiet time. His words were so encouraging. I realized so many