Here is a short thought that I shared with my church in our Christmas Eve service last night:

We are still awaiting word on our adoption process (We're THAT close!). We also know that there are still more costs (travel, adoption services fees, court fees, etc.) And so we wanted to take this time to thank all of you who have been generous to help with this process so far.

That being said, we are still raising funds--the more we raise, the less we have to borrow. And I have an excellent idea if you would like to help. Two of my stories are Christmas related: "Something Special at Leonard's Inn" and "Just a Simple Carpenter". I still have plenty of copies of both of these stories ("Leonard" sells for $7 and "Carpenter" for $10) Either or both would make super Christmas gifts. If you would like to purchase one or more copies of my books, send me an email at LoomandWheel(at)pobox(dot)com and reference this post. Tell me how many of which book you would like to order, you buy the books, I'll pick up the postage (in the continental USA), and all the payment will be applied to our adoption costs.

If you have both of these stories, but would like to participate, let me direct you to my Lulu Store. I will dedicate the proceeds from any purchases of my books listed there during the month of December to the adoption costs (I have no control over shipping costs from Lulu). Please note that my daughter has a book listed there, and I cannot dedicate her royalties (they go to her), and also note that books bought through Lulu net me somewhere between 25 cents and 2 dollars a book (the more you buy, the closer we get to our total cost goal).