Bridge Families - James127 Father

From Rachel: A Few Highlights & Backstory of Gotcha Day: Nick and Haley wrapped up a watch for Roman and Alex. Included was a note saying, "it's TIME to become an official Rosenbaum! It's adoption day!" Alex's reaction was priceless..he had a killer smile... so genuine. Both said, "Yes!" The three kiddos have been waiting for a forever family a very long time. They had been craving closure. Side note: we never intentionally set out to have a large family....but we saw two boys (and a sibling baby girl-Ruby) broadcast to thousands of adoptive families and NOT one family said yes....so we immediately jumped to our feet and said yes. Yes, we want to call them our sons and daughter. We want to show them they are precious in His sight. Were we scared of the long list of symptoms from a hellish 9 years on earth? Heck yes. Nick and I were a team...he was the leader in "doing the right thing" ...and i tried to fill in when he was questioning...

Ladies and Gentlemen, The world just shifted today.  Laundry for the family requites us to have a dryer vent booster fan on the clothes dryer at our home. The existing fan unit died, dead not going to work.  Spent several hours calling local vendors to be told repeatedly that they are wholesalers only.  We only sell to licensed contractors.  After trying to buy the equipment local to no avail the order was placed on a prime website.  Sure seems that the wholesaler business model is about to be a thing of the past.  Really wanted to apologize to the incredulous salesmen for bothering them on their final days of being employed in their current line of work.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, drugs are bad, drugs while you are pregnant are very bad. Don't be an idiot. That is all.

Was looking today for a shark's tooth. Kept walking down the beach and found this. God's creation is so much more massive and complex than all of our feeble minds can conceive.

           Growing up in a Bible believing household with incredible loving parents is only the beginning of my story.  There are at least 4 generations of Bible believing heroes that go before me.  My own name sake great-grandfather took in entire families to love on and support those in need around him.  In many ways our lives are extensions of those who went before us, both good and bad. The sins of the father can trickle down many generations see Numbers 14:18. I believe that in many ways likewise the blessings trickle down from the generations before us who loved the un-loved well and lived out their faith well.            As a child my parents taught my brother and sister what healthy spousal love should look like out in everyday life.  They loved each other well in every action, re-action and moment.  My parents are still happily married and love each other very well.  Both sets of my grand...

Okay, people this is a vent post.  This is a regular vent topic with me, so I guess that means keep praying (for me).             First, there are multiple techniques for merging when a lane closure is before you.  To be clear you are driving along in multiple unified direction lanes and there is a sign that states one lane is going to end soon.  What do you do? Merge and continue along your path or use every last bit of "closing" lane pavement before you merge. Well, lets be honest, the wait until the last bit of pavement is used has become a hot topic in the last few years.  Prior to living in Texas the merge at the last second was titled "moron driving" in my head, turns out it is called the "zipper-in". There are even articles promoting the virtues of the "zipper-in". Read one here:  http://www.dot.state.mn.us/zippermerge/ Here is the problem in the real world, we are not mere drivers getting to our destination. We (drive like...