Bridge Families - James127 Father

https://youtu.be/0eUTgSKi4ps We had so many delays and road blocks that we were not willing to tell them until the day was actually upon us.  This has been a long road to travel with many twists and turns.  The state of Texas was sued in 2014 effectively closing all group foster homes.  The lawsuit led to a knee jerk ruling by an apparently incompetent judge in Austin.  Which by the definition of the law suit is a family with more than six children, biological, adopted and foster combined.  To be clear, we never wanted to be a "group home" we just have been equipped to have a large family. We have been blessed with a home that we have opened to children in hard places.  Our biological and adopted children have always been completely with us in this journey.  Having a large family has frankly, been easy for us.  The joke we often tell is once you get past the "one on one" defense and move to the "zone" it just doesn't matter.  Any children beyond ha

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.