Annie
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- Swirly Whirly Russian Girliez
- .... Because He First Adopted Us
- Bringing Lena Home
- Foxberry Farm Almanac
- Gurney Journey
- Harnessing Chaos, With a Glue Gun
- Heart Of Fire, Soul Of Steel
- I So Cannot Make This Sh!t Up
- KosherKola
- Lauri & John's Leap of Faith
- Micah Six Eight
- Mom No Matter What
- Pearls of Price
- Raising a Traumatized Child
- Still Praising Jesus With Arms Wide Open
- The Fortunate 10 :)
- Urban Servant
Gender | Female |
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Industry | Religion |
Occupation | Director of Religious Education; Mom! |
Location | East Lansing, Michigan, United States |
Introduction | I am the mother of two grown-up and very beloved biological children, as well as five children adopted from Russia, a country I love. I work full-time as a Religious Education Director at a Catholic parish, and teach Bible class at the Christian school my children attend. My husband teaches ESL and the 5/6 class at the kids' school, too, making it a family affair. I am so grateful to God for all my blessings and challenges! |
Interests | adoption, older child adoption, Russian adoption, Catholicism, Russia, Ivanovo, foster parenting, therapeutic parenting, older parenting |
Favorite Movies | Enchanted April, Sense and Sensibility, Dima, Seven Up |
Favorite Music | Russian Pop, Russian Techno, Irish |
Favorite Books | Barbara Pym, Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Maud Hart Lovelace |
Lionesses have no manes. How do they know when they've grown up?
They realize they have a lot more responsibility than they want!