Well, I've gone and done it. Yup, I have. I have spent the last few nights--- even missed Gray's Anatomy last night, working on a new blog----- a private one. And it's name is fitting for me-- can you guess? Keeping It Real, of course. I have decided to go private with this one since my children already read this blog and I am not quite ready for them to read about my x-rated life before Christ. Funny, I've shared my testimony before 100's of women at least 4 different times, and the story stays the same, yet this time, I feel different sharing it--- like the picture is more clear.
I met God in a downpour, and have walked through a constant drizzle ever since.
So what is it about??? It is about my life, my testimony about how I came to know the Lord, and how I've walked down the amazing road of grace, forgiveness, and redemption.
Again, this blog will be private so if you would like an invite please leave a comment with your email. Since it may be a few days in between posts unlike this one, I will give notice when I have posted something new.
188 comments:
Hi Christine, I would love to follow along on your new blog. :)
erica h
ericaskids2004@yahoo.com
I would like to follow your blog.
Jennifer
jenni7er77@yahoo.com
christine,
i have been following this blog of yours about your amazing wonderful family for probably a year now. i have never commented because, i never know what to say.
first i want to say i think you are an amazing mother and so wonderful to every need of every one of your children, and you surprise me everyday because i only have 1 sone and dont know how you do it with so many!
second, your family is beautiful! all of your children are amazing and i think you they are so blessed to be in your family.
since you dont know me and i dont ever update my blog...you might not let me in to read your "private" blog but i would love to read it too. my email address is keely (dot) darden (at) roysontonlaw (dot) com. if not, i will always enjoy just reading this one! keep posting, and keep encouraing us! god is using you in amazing ways.
thanks,
Keely (from houston)
I'd love to follow along too, please. I think it would help me to grow in my faith to know that there's other people like me who lived God-less life for a while.
sezi_k@yahoo.com
I would love to hear your testimony Christine.
Your friend
Renata
sunnyside99@bigpond.com.au
Hi Christine,
I would also love to follow your new blog.
staci
LQUAN@SC.RR.COM
Hi Christine..I would love to follow along on the new blog. :)
Shawn
Like a few of the other commenters, I would also love to follow your new blog. I am always in awe of your family and as a young mom (our boys are 3 1/2 and 17 mo), I like to hear how you handle different and difficult situations with your kids. You seem to always know what to do, or at least strong enough to admit when you didn't handle a situation the best way.
Kendra
kendra_kimball@yahoo.com
Hi Christine,
I love this blog and I would love to follow your new blog.
Debbie
dknott6190@aol.com
I would love to follow along!
maryhamiltonfrench at gmail dot com
kathycassel@comcast.net
If your girls like to read blogs, I have one for Christian girls. Right now it's following the progess of my newest book for girls--#3 of the Just for Me series. IT's at http://just4christiangirls.blogspot.com/
I would love to be invited!
Sarah
sisters3designs@aol.com
Would love to read about your journey with the Lord! Your Walk is evident by how you parent but it would be inspiring to know the details! Karen
hensleykhensley(at)aim(dot)com
Hi Christine!
I would love to be added!
my email:
amylibenow@yahoo.com
A rated X blog? You can count me in. Just kidding. I do love to hear your thoughts and I am anxious to hear more of your testimony. Your life is a testimony, just as it is, but it is always awesome to hear who people used to be before they new the Lord and how He has changed them!
charissaurban@yahoo.com
Yes, please, I would like to follow your new blog - I started reading your Ukraine Train, now Smiles and Trials.
Kate
klbn1234 (at)yahoo (dot) com
ps: when I have my own blog I will share it with you! :)
I would love to follow your blog! You're a great writer and I look forwrd to reading your blog every morning!
Jennifer
jenniferkdeyoung@gmail.com
rr2428@hotmail.com
Of course I want to follow it.
I would love to follow along on your private blog!
Hi Christine, I would love to be added to your new blog . I also think you are a great mom and we can learn from each other. Blessings, Cindi
Hello Christine
i have been lurking on your blog for awhile now and I really love reading everything you have to say. I would love to read your new blog as well.
Debbie
debbie_calcutt@yahoo.co.uk
I really enjoy reading this blog and would lvoe an invite to the other.
ncochrane3@hotmail.com
Thanks,
Nikki
I would love to hear your testimony and follow your blog!
scheidtra@rochester.rr.com
Count me in Christine!
amyhas4kids@gmail.com
Love, love love your blogs!
Amy
I usualy just a silent lurker on your blog but,I would love to read about your walk through life to find christ. I myself am facing this right now and i would love to hear your testimony.
Kristin Mahaffey
SheHasBlueEyes@hotmail.com
Hi Christine,
I would like to read your new blog. My e-mail is rtbs_17@yahoo.com. Thanks!
Hi, I would love to be added
jennell.connor@gmail.com
Hi Christine,
Yes, I would love to follow/read your new blog!!
Sara W.
dswendt@charter.net
Thank You:-)
I'd like to read your new blog, too!
heatherlbrandt (at) verizon (dot) net
www.russianblessings.wordpress.com
would love an invite:) calidutchtreat@yahoo.com
I would love to be added!
tricia01 (at) gmail (dot) com
I'd like to follow your new blog.
andrea8897@gmail.com
Holy cow, you scared me! I thought you were going private on THIS one!
You know I am gonna ask, right?! Me...who doesn't write in my own. I'm shameless and I know it!
Tanner1114@yahoo.com
-Nicole
I would like an invite
cfewers@gmail.com
Hi Christine, I would love to follow your new blog. Peta
green102@bigpond.com
Count me in....
jerigrothues@yahoo.com
Hi, I would love to follow your private blog.
Melissa Calhoon
Would definitely like an invite
kld816@comcast.net
Without doubt, I would love to read the new blog. Thanks!
Netsirk713@aol.com
~kristen
Hi, Christine
I would love to be invited to follow your new blog.
Sarah
sarahgoeken@yahoo.com
I would love to read your new blog.Without even knowing you have given me so much help in my parenting and way of life.
Kelly
kn46wl@aol.com
I have only left a few comments but I would love to follow your new blog; in fact, I have been hoping to find just that sort of subject matter here so I am happy to know it will be coming.
Julie
Streaky@peoplepc.com
Add me to your growing fan club!!
KandiSue@gmail.com
Christine,
First of all thank you for stopping by at our blog. You are a busy woman and your comments on our blog are a privilege.
I follow Dennis' adoption, and followed your REAL life. I will love to follow your new blog.
I was careful about using this word and had to find the meaning in the dictionary but I think it fits, you are prophet = an effective or leading spokesman for a cause, doctrine, or group
Who else has so many followers on their blogs?
roxana.white@gmail.com
I've never commented before, but I read your blog daily. I have always planned on adopting and find your blog very inspirational. I'd love to continue to follow your story.
Thanks,
Jill
Jillianrose87@gmail.com
I would love to follow your new blog. I am always uplifted to hear the testimonies of others.
den@brinkmanlaw.com
I'd love to be included.
rach.wanted4@gmail.com
Christine I would love to read your other blog and follow it can I please have an invite.
Tammy RR
tammyand03@aol.com
Hi Christine, I'd love to read your new blog!
oscmin@gmail.com
Sign me up!
psychologist@carlamorgan.com
cm
Please include me!
katie63011@yahoo.com
I love reading your blog....
I would love to hear what God has done in your life.
Blessings,
Gail
gmnealey@yahoo.com
Hi Christine!
I would love to follow your new blog hon!
ABSees123s@aol.com
Cindi
I would love to be a part of your new blog!
Janiece
jpritch23@charter.net
Christine,
I want to follow your blog still!
Tanya
tskeechbaer@comcast.net
P.S. As the mother and step-mother of three daughters (16-24) you do find the right time to share with your kids your past indiscretions. Usually when they need it most:)
I would love to hear your testimony...
Cris
ccttpeters@hotmail.com
I would love to follow you to your new blog!
My name is Mary Lewis and my email is maryl852@hotmail.com
I would love to keep following your blog...
gala
gardiner94 @ aim (dot) com
(of course no spaces)
Hi Christine -
My life has been a whirlwind the last few years and as I'm searching for answers, meanings, etc. and learning to trust Him, well, your blog definitely offers me hope and encouragement. I would love nothing more than to read your new blog. I appreciate you letting everyone get a look into your life -- I'm not sure YOU even know how many lives you touch with your stories.
Thanks :)
-Anya
aaanya.leon@gmail.com
Hi...I have only been following this blog for a month, but I always enjoy seeing a new post. Your honesty has been very helpful to me. I would like to follow your new blog too.
flamingo.mama@hotmail.com
another one who'd like to follow your new blog
kquinbyjohnson@comcast.net
Yes, please. I would love an invite to be a follower of your new blog.
CABishay@comporium.net
Thank you,
Callie
Can't wait to read.
lyndsay414@gmail.com
I would like to follow your blog as well.
Sharon
Hi, I normally just lurk. I have been reading your blog since before you brought home Dennis (Ukraine Train). Would love to be invited to your new blog. I have a blog but I have forgotten to update it in months. Funny, I can remember to read everybody elses blog daily but forget mine. If I can get it updated would love to invite you into our lives.
GOD Bless, Angelique littlelady71@yahoo.com
Your blog has got to be my favorite that I read. I check it everyday..you are really an inspiration to me. I would love to read your new blog.
Steph21382@aol.com
You gotta let me follow along. I enjoy your life now. I would like to see how you have gained strength to do all you do.
ritawages@bellsouth.net
love your blog and would love to be included!
-nicole
nicre1115@aol.com
I would love to be on the list
madmak@suddenlink.net
Hi Christine, I would love to follow your other blog too.
corzine03@hotmail.com
Amy =)
Hey Christine, I'd love to follow along too! armywifecakes@yahoo.com
Hi, Christine
I've been following your blog since the beginning of the summer, but I've never posted before this. I love reading all the crazy stories, both good and bad, and I love how you are always honest about the good times and the not-so good times. Anyway, if you don't mind, I'd love to read your private blog; my email is xxelliexox@yahoo.com
But if you don't want me to read, I definitely understand and will still continue reading Smiles&Trials.
Keep up the blogging,
Ellie
xxelliexox@yahoo.com
I would love to follow your story and hear about your Faith walk..
hispurpose@rcn.com
Oh me, me, me!
deanleah@comcast.net
I hope you have a lot of time on your hands to add all the e-mails LOL! Do private blogs only accept 100 readers? I'd love to follow along as well though.
mkp1982@hotmail.com
Christine, it would be an honor to read more of your writing. I have learned so much from you. A good friend at church said it well that we are all able to grow and mature as believers when we have the courage to share our stories with each other.
By the way, we leave for Kiev on Sunday afternoon to finally meet little Maxim. WOOOOHOOOO! YIPPEE!
Please add me to your list for the new blog. I thoroughly enjoy this one. Thank you for being so willing to share.
Christa
foreverfamily08@gmail.com
I wanted to follow too...
ybunited@yahoo.com
Farrah
CHristine,
I've been a reader of your blog for quite some time. I would love to follow your new one as well.
Kristy
kc31@hotmail.com
Christine, please include me in your new blog.
June
junebuga@hotmail.com
I would love to read your new blog
tuffguytina15@hotmail.com
Hi Christine,
I would love to follow your blog!
Hugs, Melonie
meloniethompson@yahoo.com
I would love to read your new blog too!
Shea
tapsalteerie@gmail.com
I would also like to follow.
sepenguins@yahoo.com
Sarah
Christine,
Count me in....I found your blog last week, and am so glad I did.
Take extra good care,
Jen
cupoftea@charter.net
Ooh, ooh, pick me! ;)
Thanks.
PMCarpie@wi.rr.com
Sounds great!
rsarahjames@hotmail.com
I would like to follow your new blog Christine. My email is
momtoo2girls@yahoo.com
Thanks!
Hi Christine, I also would love to follow your new blog.
My email address is cathwishart@yahoo.ca
Thanks! Catherine
Wow, Christine, I bet you could win the presidential election! I would really be interested in reading of your conversion, and redemption. I love being encouraged by the work God has done in others.
dellamom16@yahoo.com
♥ Yes please! ;) areyouseriousthisislife (at) yahoo.com
Id love to follow that blog :)
Nikki in apple valley
sweetnthedesert@aol.com
Christine,
I read your blog everyday and love it!!! please include me too
Denise
dmwilliams2@cox.net
I would love to continue to follow your journey.
lauriealderman@yahoo.com
Hi, I have been following your blog for quite some time now and I think it's great! I would love to hear more of your life :) May I please follow along? k.grochow@yahoo.com
Please, count me in.
Kelly
patkel5@comcast.net
Christine, I have just started to read your blog and have been very curious as to how you and your husband found God. I'd love to be invited to read your new blog.
My email is sarapoulos@yahoo.com
I would love to be added. Thanks.
Cherri
cherrijay@yahoo.com
I love this blog and would love to follow your new one!!
Sarah
sstauffer@eagles.ewu.edu
Hi Christine...
I love your blog and read it every day. I have been following every day (from England) for months. I got a blogger I.D today so I could post this!! You have such a lovely family and, as a mother of six, I am often every inspired by your "trials" how ou deal with them. With that in mind I would love to follow your new Keeping It Real blog please.
Robyn robyn.jeffery@thinkscape.com
Hi Christine,
You and I do not always see things eye-to-eye, but you know I always stand by your side. Add me please: qitty1(at)gmail(dot)com. However, if inviting family in would be 'too close' for comfort, then don't. Seriously. We got email. You won't be blogging if you didn't feel the need, I understand that. :-) Good luck on the new blog, I know it will be a success.
well theres no show without punch!!
add me
chelleyau at gmail.com
Hi Christine, can I be added?
dubya222000@yahoo.com
Thanks!
I would love to be included in your blog "family". You have so encouraged and inspired David and I on our own "journey". Thanks.
Cindie and David Wolff
Hi Christine, I have followed your story from FRUA and I would like to know more of you. As a mother of (only) 3, I am inspired by your mothering skills and visit your blog everyday for more!
Thanks!
Jenny
russellfive@gmail.com
Add me, of course.
akitching@stachurch.net
Would love to follow your private blog. :)
Crystal
crystalkr@hotmail.com
Hi Christine,
I would like to follow your journey of faith on your new blog. I am on my own journey. My email address is thegivebackblog@gmail.com.
Thanks!
Ashley
Would love to follow along!
Julie
JulieA388@aol.com
Put me on your list.... I have really enjoyed your blogs!
onecrowdedhouse@gmail.com
Hey Christine,
Count me in! :)
mikeandchristie@minichfamily.us
Hey Christine,
Count me in! :)
mikeandchristie@minichfamily.us
Hi Christine,
I would love to read your testimony on your new blog! I have loved reading Smiles&Trials and Ukraine Train too, and been so inspired by your example. I don't have my own blog (and am a bit technologically challenged :-) ) so I don't know how to select any other option but "anonymous" on here, but my email is tigerdeus (at) aol (dot) com. Thanks so much!
Sarah in Fla
Looks like I'm late...and there may not be any room left, but I would love to be added to your private blog invite list. ;) We've endured so much on this adoption journey together...I'd love to keep up with how you're handling everything spiritually as well.
I would love to follow your other blog too!!!
faulknerkd@gmail.com
Christine-
I don't get to check in as often as I like (now that I'm teaching Special Education... oh the IEP's!) but I hope you'll add me to your private blog.
I do love reading about your kiddo's, family life and love of God.
Love,
Jenny
jenny_boise@yahoo.com
Hi Christine, Count me in please.
I've had a long tough road with God and I just started going to church again exactly one year ago Nove 25th. I still struggle with LOTS of questions and truly value hearing other people's stories as I try to fit everything together in my mind. Someday maybe I'll do a private blog with my story ( inspired by you..) but I'm definitey not ready for that quite yet. You are brave, and a continuing inspiration,
Love, Keri
TryKindness@aol.com
I would like to follow your blog Christine
Lisa
greenelisam@gmail.com
Count me in! :)
jennifer.kayser@mi-connection.com
Hey there! I have been following your amazing family for the past few months and would love to continue to learn more about you!
Kim
kimwiles13@hotmail.com
Coming out of lurkdom for the first time! :)
I'd love an invite!
Emily
rickemjenk@hotmail.com
me! Me! dav9337826@aol.com :)
Hi Christine,
I'm an adoptive mom too and would like to hear your story on your new blog!
randols@comcast.net
ME ME ME!!!
Campgirdwood@yahoo.com
I would love to be able to follow you're other blog.You are really an inspiration for me.
armony_k@hotmail.com
thank you for sharing your life with us
Please include me!
terri-anne@nexicom.net
I am a daily follower of your blog just not a daily commenter! I love getting to know your family and I love that you share your struggles and praises with us!
I have 3 kids that were adopted as a sibling group! My husband and I are always told that the kids are blessed to have us for parents, but WE are the ones that are blessed and I know you understand that!
Please include me.
amystribling@hotmail.com
Thank you!
Hi Christine:
I would appreciate being added to your private blog. I wish I had the courage to do something similar - maybe someday. :-)
Please use my personal e-mail address and not my work one. Thanks.
Laurel
I would love to follow your new blog. You are such an inspiration.
melanieruth2005@aol.com
Christine: I would love to follow your blog. sharil@live.com
I would to follow your private blog! greenacres(at)watchtv(dot)net
~Elaine
Please include me!
milly_ele@yahoo.com
Hi ,
I love this blog very much and I would love to follow your new blog.
dorothee.dx@gmail.com
I would like to follow.
mariettacpa@verizon.net
Hi Christine.
I have finally delurked! I followed your blog since June and would like to follow your new blog.
As a college student, who has had dreams of adopting children ever since I was 12, I find your blog an inspiration. You are an amazing mother and one day, I hope I can live out my dreams of finding a husband like John and make a family through adoption.
Even though I consider myself a follower of God, I'm not exactly sure where I stand with Him currently. You and your devotion to God has made me realize I cannot live without Him.
I realize that you may not want to let me read your new, privatized blog, but I would love to read it. My email address is kewljeans@gmail.com
-Jean
I would like to learn more about your testimony.
sheadrummond@hotmail.com
I would like to be invited to your blog.
Hi Christine,
I would like to follow along on the new blog...you really inspire me as a mom and I am trying to learn about Christianity. I promise to be supportive and absolutely nonjudgemental.
Thanks,
Katie
katherinecayce@yahoo.com
Hi Christine ...
I would be honored to follow along on your private blog.
Linda
LinduhE@aol.com
Me too! Me too! I love how you keep it real. You totally inspire me to do the same (or at least try).
Jules
jstauffe@ebay.com
love to hear about how you met the Lord.
cheryjeff@aol.com
cheryl in KY
Hi Christine I would love to follow your new blog.
Peta
peta.bortfield@gmail.com
I've been following your blogs for a long time now, so would certainly like to keep up with your newest one. I hope you will add me to your list. Thanks!
joeks55@yahoo.com
Good for you!! I would love an invite :)
jenandcarlhicks@yahoo.ca
Thanks!
I would love to be invited to read your new blog!
donnamauney@gmail.com
Considering the amazing person that you are now, I think we could all benefit from reading about your past. It gives me hope that one day I can be a great Mom as well, no matter what's happened before. I'd love to be able to share in your semi-private thoughts and memories.
mindyrenee@gmail.com
Wow! Look at all the people who want to read your blog!! Will you send an invitation to me, please? You are an inspiration!
senorita.in.canada@gmai.com
I would love to read your new blog! My email address is butterflygirl82@gmail.com
Thanks!
Rachel
Like everyone else, I'd like to follow along as well.
Thanks!
nancyj1965@yahoo.com
Please add me, Christine!
Ashley
luvinmyboys9@yahoo.com
THANKS!
I'd love to read it if you don't mind.
puttingthefunindysfunctional@gmail.com
I would like to follow your new blog.
Danielle gothgoyle@embarqmail.com
Hi Christine, I love reading about your family and would love to follow this new blog. I love how you keep it real. I read your blog and realize that I am a normal parent just like you. Thanks for keeping it real.
Vera
v_jack2001@yahoo.com
Hi Christine, I would love to follow your new blog too :)
Kelly S RR
kshamsey@verizon.net
Hi,
I'd really love to read your blog. I stumbled onto this one and have been reading for a few weeks.
I would love to follow your new blog.
Shannon
ilovebears77@hotmail.com
Please count me in.
becauselifeislikethat@gmail.com
I would like to follow along your blog.
Meredith
Count me in
Terri M (TJ and Gigs)
paresinc@erols.com
I would love to follow your blog. I have three young children and have learned so much from the experiences that you share with your readers.
Thank you!
robynlmitchell@yahoo.com
Hi Christine, As a many-months fan and follower of your current blog, I would love to be invited to your new blog. My email is debbiespurlock@bresnan.net.
Debbie
christine, i would love to be invited to read your private blog! my e-mail is flyrod@sptc.net
thanks,
tammy :)
Hi Christine! I have been absent in blogland for a bit, but of course want to follow your new blog! heather@fordavin.com
I'm a regular blurker on here...and sometimes even comment. I'd love to follow.
jilljbrant@yahoo.com
Hi! Another avid follower who would love to be added!!
dream1one1@hotmail.com
Hi! Another avid follower who would love to be added!!
dream1one1@hotmail.com
Hi Christine
I would love to be on your private blog list. I love reading about your family. lauracoffman@gmail.com
I would love to be invited to your private blog. We will be bringing our 5yo home hopefully by Christmas, and I'm sure I will be needing this.
Of course I want an invite!
bogeyanderica@yahoo.com
Ditto what Connie said. Most everyone has some personal baggage in their past. Isn't it wonderful you have found the One to help you carry yours. If you would feel self conscious or whatever by my reading your private blog, I won't take offense if I can't read it. Honest.
I love THIS blog, and I'd love to hear your story of God's grace in your life!
dawn:)
rdzomer@mtcnet.net
I have been reading your blog for several months now and admire your strength, faith, and humbleness. I would love to follow your testimony. ashleykernlee@gmail.com
I have enjoyed reading your blog for several months now and admire your faith, strength, and humbleness. I would love to follow your testimony. ashleykernlee@gmail.com
Christine,
I'm a regular reader of your blog, and I love reading about your large family and adoption experiences! I'd love to read your new blog, too. My email is: johnson.sonia@gmail.com
Sonia
add me....please.
spamama83@yahoo.com
Hi, Christine! I'd love to read your new blog too. Thanks!
Adrienne
owensmommyadrienne@gmail.com
I would love to follow the new blog too. Kim
kimberlyhershberger@hotmail.com
I love reading your blog. While I am SUPPOSE to be working everyday I seem to find time to go and read about your family. I would love to follow the private blog.
Email is raeannan.jacobs@kbr.com
Christine, I would love to follow your private blog! Redheadmomma78@hotmail.com
Hello Christine. I have never commented, but have been avidly reading for many months. I would love to be included in the private blog.
I was on vacation in California for a few days and wondered what I was missing while away. I am spending my morning trying to catch up.
run.fun@hotmail.com
Thank you,
Allie
Hi Christine, I would love to follow your blog too - Donnadman@aol.com. Glad things went well with Dennis's surgery! God Bless, Donna D. babies6/frua
I would like to follow your new blog :)
jgoeble@gmail.com
I'd love to follow your blog...I don't know if you've had time yet to send out invitations, but here's my email again. Thanks!
maryhamiltonfrench at gmail dot com
Hi,
I have been reading your blog for a year or so now and just found this old post. I'm not sure if you are still doing this, but if you are, I would love to be emailed the address/password of your private blog. I have been struggling with my faith alot recently, I would be interested in hearing your story. I have nothing in common with you and your life, but for some reason i am drawn to your blog daily. Thanks for the great read.
Carly in CA
carlybear34(at)yahoo(dot)com
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