My photography interemost often pretty things or colorful landscapes. But, there are some old feed mill building downton that I’m always wanting to take pictures of. It needs to be when it’s not busy in town. (After all, the probation office is right there too!) About three weeks ago, as I was watching my dreams slip through my fingers, Cody and I went downtown to shoot in the area. It was a chance to switch gears. We both took lots...

Last night we finished reading the boy’s case files. Unfortunately, there was nothing that made me want to say “no” and nothing that made Cody want to say “yes”. Which basically means “no” because I know that I have to accept Cody’s feelings. Of course, while my husband doesn’t feel like these kids are right from him, he feels awful for me. Last night as he was apologizing to me, I had a...

This weekend was a little crazy. Friday we enjoyed shopping in the big city at Bass Pro and other stores along the Red River. Sunday, we had a power outage that threatened to stick around awhile We were bound and determined to have hot water. Our journey to find a portable propane hot water heater/shower took us 45 minutes south our home and then the 1.5 hours north of our home to the Bass Pro- again. If I’d only known Friday what...

Last week, Cody finally took some time to talk about his feelings for adoption. He admitted he hasn’t been very open and honest with me. I knew it and I really knew that he was on the fence nearly ready to jump off and call it quits. As it stands, we agreed that it didn’t feel right to call it quits without reviewing the most recent paperwork which we don’t have yet as the case files we received were missing anything from...