In Celebration of Adoption

On the blog        http://www.nogreaterjoymom.com/ 

We have been asked to share our adoption stories, so I thought I would share mine.  At the time I adopted my son, there were only two states which allowed single adoptions, Oregon being one of them.  I was the sixth person in Oregon allowed to adopt under this new law, so I am somewhat of a pioneer in the field of single adoptions.

I didn't know how to get a picture up here, but I'm highlighting three posts which tell of my adoption story.  There are gobs of pictures.

You might be interested in knowing the baby I adopted is now 47, is a beloved pastor, husband and daddy.  Isn't the Lord good??  We had some rough post high school years, but the Lord restored the boy and he is a testimony to the faithfulness of the Lord.  Also from him came my darling grandchildren,  Elliot (named after Jim Elliot) and Molly--now 19 and 17!

http://aportlandgranny.blogspot.com/2008/05/jonathan-part-1.html

http://aportlandgranny.blogspot.com/2008/06/jonathan-part-2-grades-k-8.html

http://aportlandgranny.blogspot.com/2008/09/jonathan-part-3.html

Our home was full of children from the foster care system, as well as a later adopted Korean little girlie, and two foster kids who stuck with us until they were on their own, so we consider them part of the adopted family.

Its been a busy life and now at age 80 its slowing down.  I miss the hustle and bustle we once lived in!!

Enjoy!

tables from a grandma's eyes

 Well hello--I have decided to take the blog out of "moth balls" and do a post!  Kelly's blog at Kelly's Korner asks us to share our tables with one another.  Since I am much older that those who post, I'm kind of an "antique" with my decorating and it doesn't look as updated as most of you  girls that show case yours...but I thought it might be fun for you to see some tables from this Granny's house!

My dining room table is not used as much as it has been in the past.  I have a bunch of clear glass candle holders, some with candles and some without.  The first picture is pretty light so I did a close-up of the center piece.

 a hearth side table in the family room

 an antique towel bar table which has a spot on a small empty wall in the family room

 

 lamp table in living room--please notice "lambie" an antique ceramic sheep from the east coast

my reading table in the living room--it has a nice choice of books to quietly read

antique coffee table which I have decided to leave pretty open without a lot of stuff on it

I'm sure pianos don't count, but they have a flat top that has to be decorated....the piano is an antique also.  I received it for my tenth birthday seventy years ago--that must make it an antique!

This is a special table in celebration of my Mother's 90th birthday.  She was a doll, always dressed beautifully.  We called her our Nordstrom's girl!  Its been 12 years and we miss her, her prayers for all of us daily, and her wonderful dinner parties!!

I have a wonderful kitchen table which came out too dark and my favorite table of all is my work table in my craft room.  It was just too messy to take a picture of it for now...but it is a table that gets lots of use!