by Tristen McGhee | Mar 7, 2011 | Adoption Story |
I’ve been praying about going to Rwanda before our adoption is completed. We still don’t know when that will be and I was thinking of going there on a mission trip. I wanted to go and serve the people from where my son is from to give back to the country....
by Tristen McGhee | Feb 15, 2011 | Adoption Story
Celebrating our nephew, Sean’s 17 bday and our son, Gaven’s 9th!Birthday Blues My son turned 9 years old this past week. His birthday brought a sadness to my heart – not about him getting older or anything – but about my son in Rwanda getting...
by Tristen McGhee | Jan 17, 2011 | Adoption Story |
Parenting an internationally adopted child (or even a child in foster care) requires a different kind of parenting. I have to throw out all my previous expectations, prepare for the worse and hope for the best! Now THAT is different and not what you would find in your...
by Tristen McGhee | Dec 22, 2010 | Adoption Story, Uncategorized |
The Christmas before my son, Gaven, was born my parents bought us a trio of nice, needlepoint stockings. My husband (Max) and mine had our names embroidered. Since we didn’t have our son’s name yet (he was to be born in January, right after Christmas) he...
by Tristen McGhee | Dec 2, 2010 | Adoption Story, Uncategorized |
There are many things to learn about parenting an internationally adopted child. Being a mommy to our future son from a Rwandan orphanage requires a different kind of parenting. There are many things that I will have to do differently. I thought I would do a mini...
