sarah elizabeth lowe

today i get to introduce to yall one of my bloggy best friends, Carina.

AND share something that is near and dear to my heart...adoption.

did you know I am adopted? Well, I am.

And it is a blessing I am thankful for all the time...

every aspect of it.

SO, I ask you to read on about my friend Carina, and about the little girl they are about to bring home!!

ahhh! I have chills because I am so excited for them. :)

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Hello! I'm Carina and I blog over at a punk, a pumpkin and a peanut.

I am mama to three little rascals, lover of vintage and coffee and chocolate,

among other things.

For the last year, my husband and I have been waiting to adopt our fourth baby.

We have two biological boys, and one adopted, and feel so excited to be adding to the sweet chaos that is our every day.

Two weeks ago we got the call that we'd been chosen to adopt a baby girl due this August.
And we are over the moon.

We know that God is already writing our love story with this little peach
and His hand is so evident in the details.
You can read more about all of that here.

The reality of adoption is that it takes a serious chunk of change to make it happen.
Like $25,000 when all is said and done.

We've saved and saved and had a little pancake breakfast to get the ball rolling,
but we are still well away from that number.
We are not ones to ask for something without offering something in return,
mostly because it makes us feel weird.

I've been making jewelry for my little etsy shop for the last few months and
after a lot of thought, I decided to design a few adoption necklaces to help make up some of the difference.

I am dreaming big here: my goal is to sell 100.

My dream is 200.
300 would knock our socks off and put a serious dent in that total.

{GET YOURS HERE }

Would you consider helping us out?
Spread the word and buy a necklace (or two)...
you'll be helping us bring our baby home, supporting adoption
and you'll even get something pretty in return!

And please come follow along on this super exciting journey -
it's sure to be an adventure!

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Thanks Carina, for sharing your story and your dreams.

I am so excited to be alongside of you in this!!!

yall, go visit her, get an Adoption necklace (or a few...give them as gifts!!!)

And shop her other stuff too...I have lots of "lovely little whimsies" myself and just adore it all!

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Carina, I stand with you in excitement and prayer as we see this precious little girl brought home to your arms.

He does. and He did to me this week.

In the form of some surprise "happy mail" from a sweet bloggy friend, Aly.

I am still just blown away and humbled.

Read my email below that I sent to Aly yesterday, explaining how the Lord used her sweet package to speak to me.

{my email to Aly:}

girl. I am blown away by your generosity and sweetness to me! I LOVE love love the prints, and I am currently hunting for the perfect place for it. :)

I love the design and colors and everything! it was SO much fun to receive some surprise "happy mail" :)

I know it was the Lord who had you send it to, and my husband agreed, when I showed the prints to him last night. we were both blown away at God's goodness.

attempting to make a long story short: :) ha....

as you know, I was a dancer my whole life, it was pretty much what I breathed growing up. But I obviously havent danced in years, and have been missing it, especially lately since Abigail started ballet. :)

A few years ago I got into cycling and did my first triathlon, etc, and loved it. I am trying to get back into it to do another one this Fall. And as much I love doing that, I keep feeling this pull to get back into dance. But I have been torn because of just trying to make the time and effort to do a dance class seems too much as a mommy. (whereas with tri training, I can take them with me to run, etc). And honestly I have been really under-confident to get back into dance since it has been so long.

ANYwho, we watched the So You Think You Can Dance auditions, and there was a 29 year old Mommy of 2 little ones who tried out and was amazing. (oh and she was even from Dallas like me), and that was the first thing that gave me hope that I could get back into it.

Then, we ran into a friend a few weeks ago, and his wife starts telling me about the studio where she dances here, etc. I looked up the classes and the times are perfect, after the girls' bedtime, etc etc. So I've been getting excited thinking maybe I really can get back into it!

But then last week, I got discouraged that maybe it is just a pipe dream that I can actually dance again and that I wont be good, etc etc. So I resorted to just focusing on tri stuff. Parker has been encouraging me that I can do both, but I have just brushed it off thinking there's no way. As silly as it sounds about this small thing, its been like a roller coaster to me. :)

and then.

I got your happy mail yesterday, and it was like the Lord's voice to me when I opened it.

"I HOPE YOU DANCE".

ahh! I know they are the lyrics to a song everyone knows, but to me...when I opened it...it was God speaking to me about HIS heart for MY heart.

ok crying now. :)

anyways. I just wanted you to know how much I appreciate you sending me these and that it really was the Lord's timing and prompting. He used you to speak to me, and I am so thankful. Now I'm gonna go sign up for those dance classes!! :)

Love you girl!!!!!

-Sarah