{"id":433,"date":"2012-08-10T20:48:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T20:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/2012\/08\/recently-ive-been\/"},"modified":"2012-08-10T20:48:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T20:48:00","slug":"recently-ive-been-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/","title":{"rendered":"recently I’ve been…"},"content":{"rendered":"

~~~  Making a list and checking it fifty times!  SO much to do before I leave for Bulgaria in just 7 days!  Praying that God will multiply my time.<\/p>\n

~~~  Ordering school books galore. It is totally outrageous what homeschool books cost! <\/p>\n

~~~  Thrilled that my big kids are home after their little trip.  They had a fabulous time in VA.  I missed them terribly but loved that they were able to spend time with precious friends.  <\/p>\n

~~~  Grateful for amazing friends in my life.  People who love me unconditionally, speak the truth when I need to hear it, extend me much grace when needed, and always point me to the ONE who is my more than enough.  They are like gold to me.<\/p>\n

Girls!  No one can multi-task like a girl!<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

~~~  Organizing a schedule for my family for when I’m gone–school, friends to come and help on the days when Anthony cannot be home, meals, appointments, therapies.  I am so thankful that God has all <\/i>the details (which are a concern to me!) already taken care of.  I love it that He is even in the most tiny of concerns on my heart <\/p>\n

~~~  Rejoicing that Hailee has finally <\/i>reached a milestone in her growth! It took a while, but she finally did it! I’ll share soon.<\/p>\n

~~~  Making the most of the last days of summer. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

~~~  So looking forward to holding Hasya and Kael in my arms.  Some have written to ask me how I am feeling about meeting Hasya–especially after seeing Amelia’s<\/a> (who comes from the same orphanage) condition.  I will share my heart on that soon.<\/p>\n

~~~  Loving our newly painted yellow house.<\/p>\n

~~~  Thoroughly enjoying my dreadfully early morning gym workouts.  I am feeling so much healthier, stronger, and I have way more energy.  The challenge of living a more disciplined life has been so good for me.  I must admit that the thought of heading out the door when it’s still dark, snowy, and zero degrees outside, well, let’s just say that that will, without a doubt, be my greatest challenge.<\/p>\n

~~~  Thankful for God’s amazing provision in our lives.<\/p>\n

~~~  Marveling at how quickly Harper is learning new things.  She is such a smart little girl.<\/p>\n

~~~  Feeling so awful that my inbox is literally busting at the seams and I simply cannot find the time to respond to everyone. I am so sorry. I fail!<\/p>\n

~~~  Praying that God would protect my heart as I visit Hasya and Kael’s orphanages.  They are both in horrible places!  The thought of having to leave my children there for a few more months is hard enough…but knowing that I will see so many others who will not be able to leave with me when I am finally able to take Kael and Hasya OUT forever…oh my goodness!  I cry just thinking about it.<\/p>\n

~~~  Looking for some excellent books to read.  Got some great ideas on Facebook when I asked for friends to share. If you’ve read any amazing, inspirational, challenging books recently, would you please leave a comment with the name?  Thanks!<\/p>\n

~~~  Pondering His faithfulness!

<\/span>The Lord is my shepherd!  I shall NOT want<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

~~~  Making a list and checking it fifty times!  SO much to do before I leave for Bulgaria in just 7 days!  Praying that God will multiply my time. ~~~  Ordering school books galore. It is totally outrageous what homeschool books cost! ~~~  Thrilled that my big kids are home after their little trip.  They […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nrecently I've been... - Adeye Salem<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"recently I've been...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"~~~  Making a list and checking it fifty times!  SO much to do before I leave for Bulgaria in just 7 days!  Praying that God will multiply my time. ~~~  Ordering school books galore. It is totally outrageous what homeschool books cost! ~~~  Thrilled that my big kids are home after their little trip.  They […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Adeye Salem\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-08-10T20:48:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSC_0782.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ad\u00e9ye Salem\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ad\u00e9ye Salem\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ad\u00e9ye Salem\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a08c293f19943f7de447021d45d60e19\"},\"headline\":\"recently I’ve been…\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-10T20:48:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-08-10T20:48:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/\"},\"wordCount\":568,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a08c293f19943f7de447021d45d60e19\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSC_0782.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Embryo Adoption\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/\",\"name\":\"recently I've been... - Adeye Salem\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSC_0782.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-10T20:48:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-08-10T20:48:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSC_0782.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSC_0782.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":399},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"recently I’ve been…\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/\",\"name\":\"Adeye Salem\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a08c293f19943f7de447021d45d60e19\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a08c293f19943f7de447021d45d60e19\",\"name\":\"Ad\u00e9ye Salem\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/header-3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/header-3.png\",\"width\":4683,\"height\":2696,\"caption\":\"Ad\u00e9ye Salem\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/author\/anonymousfox_mcv\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"recently I've been... - Adeye Salem","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"recently I've been...","og_description":"~~~  Making a list and checking it fifty times!  SO much to do before I leave for Bulgaria in just 7 days!  Praying that God will multiply my time. ~~~  Ordering school books galore. It is totally outrageous what homeschool books cost! ~~~  Thrilled that my big kids are home after their little trip.  They […]","og_url":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/","og_site_name":"Adeye Salem","article_published_time":"2012-08-10T20:48:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":399,"url":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSC_0782.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ad\u00e9ye Salem","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ad\u00e9ye Salem","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/"},"author":{"name":"Ad\u00e9ye Salem","@id":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a08c293f19943f7de447021d45d60e19"},"headline":"recently I’ve been…","datePublished":"2012-08-10T20:48:00+00:00","dateModified":"2012-08-10T20:48:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/"},"wordCount":568,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a08c293f19943f7de447021d45d60e19"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSC_0782.jpg","articleSection":["Embryo Adoption"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/","url":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/","name":"recently I've been... - Adeye Salem","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSC_0782.jpg","datePublished":"2012-08-10T20:48:00+00:00","dateModified":"2012-08-10T20:48:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSC_0782.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSC_0782.jpg","width":600,"height":399},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/recently-ive-been-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"recently I’ve been…"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/","name":"Adeye Salem","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a08c293f19943f7de447021d45d60e19"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a08c293f19943f7de447021d45d60e19","name":"Ad\u00e9ye Salem","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/header-3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/header-3.png","width":4683,"height":2696,"caption":"Ad\u00e9ye Salem"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"url":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/author\/anonymousfox_mcv\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}