Sustained by the Shepherd

It takes a village , and ours is the sweetest one.   We began our adoption journey exactly one week ago today, and in a single week God has shown up in the mightiest ways! This time last week, Ben and I were staying up all night brainstorming fundraisers, researching grants, and staring wide-eyed at the daunting price tag that accompanies adoption. Each night we have resisted the urges to give into fear and doubt, and each morning God has shown His glory and His faithfulness to us, and provided.   His hand is in this , and I hope as you’re following along, you feel it too.    We began asking for yardsale donations on Monday, and by Thursday, our garage was busting at the seams! We literally had boxes stacked to the ceiling, and didn’t know what to do! The perfectly planned “yardsale” I had orchestrated wasn’t scheduled until the first weekend of SEPTEMBER, buuuuuuut God had other plans (I totally should’ve seen that one coming) . We decided Thursday evening that we’d do a spontaneou

Well, hello there. ...                    I’m so glad you’re here!   I’m Mary Alexia, a pediatric speech-language pathologist, safer beauty advocate, fitness fanatic, and momma in the making! The best decision I have ever made, secondary to salvation, was snagging my cute hubby, Ben, six years ago. We tied the knot in the front yard of my childhood home, and the rest of it is history! Marriage has been the most rewarding and challenging adventure, but thankfully loving him is easy and so much fun. Shortly after Ben and I married, God placed it on our hearts the desire to become parents. After a mission trip to Haiti serving at a small orphanage in the village of Croix des Bouquets, we felt God tugging at our heartstrings to pursue adoption. Unfortunately, that “tug” came with an intimidating price tag, redirecting our family planning to a biological expansion until we felt we could afford adoption. I’ll never forget the morning that pregnancy test