Juan Antonio is Finally Home for Good!

After more than 3 years the Buckley Reunification is complete. It isn't something I have continued to write about since Juan has been home for a while now, but the legal proceedings are finally over. The family can begin to really heal.

Juan was gone for nearly 3 years but our efforts did not begin until he had been gone for several months as we trusted that the obvious mistakes made by DSS would be corrected. The Lord led us to take action once it was clear that the tide was not going in the family's favor, much to our shock. It is hard to fathom all that transpired during these years; it seems surreal.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen.

To God be the glory. 11/1/19

Reformation Resources

https://www.wretched.org/category/reformation/

The Reformation matters today as much as ever. There are some good resources found in the link above to remind us the high cost and value of the gospel. This is a perfect day to stand for the truth in contrast to the myriad of untruths plaguing the church and our culture today.

Parental Rights Matter!

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/ask-congress-amend-constitution-include-right-parents-raise-nurture-and-educate-their-children

Please take a few minutes to read about this important amendment being proposed by people who care about Parental Rights. HSLDA sent me an email about this and I readily signed. I hope you will, too.

Halloween Alternatives

‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy;

Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.

What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot,

Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part

Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose

By any other name would smell as sweet;

So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d,

Retain that dear perfection which he owes

Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,

And for that name which is no part of thee

Take all myself. 

from Act II of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

al·ter·na·tive

/ôlˈtərn

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adjective

adjective: alternative

1. (of one or more things) available as another possibility.

   "the various alternative methods for resolving disputes"

   Similar:

   different
   

   other
   

   another
   

   second
   

   possible
   

   substitute
   

   replacement
   

   deputy
   

   relief
   

   proxy
   

   surrogate
   

   cover
   

   fill-in
   

   stand-in
   

   standby
   

   emergency
   

   reserve
   

   backup
   

   auxiliary
   

   fallback
   

   alternate
   

   pinch-hitting
   

   • (of two things) mutually exclusive.

     "the facts fit two alternative scenarios"
   • relating to behavior that is considered unconventional and is often seen as a challenge to traditional norms.

     "an alternative lifestyle"

     Similar:

     unorthodox
     

     unconventional
     

     nonstandard
     

     unusual
     

     uncommon
     

     unwonted
     

     out of the ordinary
     

     radical
     

     revolutionary
     

     nonconformist
     

     unconforming

     irregular
     

     offbeat
     

     off-center
     

     avant-garde
     

     original
     

     new
     

     novel
     

     fresh
     

     eccentric
     

     exotic
     

     Bohemian
     

     idiosyncratic
     

     abnormal
     

     extreme
     

     divergent
     

     aberrant
     

     anomalous
     

     bizarre
     

     outlandish
     

     perverse
     

     off the wall
     

     oddball
     

     way-out
     

     cranky
     

     zany
     

     heteroclite
     

noun

noun: alternative; plural noun: alternatives

1. one of two or more available possibilities.

   "audiobooks are an interesting alternative to reading"

   Similar:

   option
   

   choice
   

   other possibility

   substitute
   

   replacement

1Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:1-2