Mary Ann Gambill

I am mom to 11 children, 4 in heaven, 7 adopted, and 5 of whom are medically fragile. I have been married for 18 years to my awesome husband Doug. I couldn't do any of it without my catholic faith, including the saints and Mary. I need ALL of them!!


Here is the link to my blog.
Growingupgambills.wordpress.com

Latest Articles By Mary Ann Gambill
Love Conquors All
Love Conquors All
My absence from social media hopefully will lessen as time goes by. We are doing ok though. We are adjusting and clinging tight to the Good.
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Lies Exposed
Lies Exposed
I never know how to answer people when they say things like... "You are so brave."
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How the Government Became God post #3
How the Government Became God post #3
I did not post this second post the next day as I had planned. You know why? Solomon had 6 seizures every day for 4 days in a row. That is my life. I am not complaining. It is the most important sacred part of my life, to comfort and care for my children.
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Why the Government is God #2
Why the Government is God #2
To make this very short and easy to understand, the government pays people.
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How The Government Became God
How The Government Became God
Being the family that we are, living as we do and loving the children that we do, I feel the need to enlighten puzzled Christians on why government is the new "Golden Calf", aka God.
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The Redeeming Work of the Holidays
The Redeeming Work of the Holidays
This work, family redemption, comes at a heavy price, often dipping into the pockets of what we thought family meant in the first place. In my early married years we would go to his parents house or mine. We would make the rounds. I would make a dish sometimes, but most of the time, we only brought ourselves, presents, and the one or two children that we had way back then.
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On Any Given Sunday
On Any Given Sunday
All week we fight. We fight insurance denials. We fight funding cuts. We fight service eliminations. We fight to make the world acknowledge and assign our children value, both monetarily and morally.
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Why I Am Not Thankful, because
Why I Am Not Thankful, because
There is a chair that every parent of a medically fragile child dreads. It is where you sit in a 8x8 room, waiting for the report from the surgeon. There is always a box of tissues on the coffee table beside the chair. As I sit in this horrible chair, I say thank you to Jesus. That's it. Just thank you. Just thank you with no "because."
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How Many are Missing?
How Many are Missing?
Sollie loves to sit and look out our front door. He sits in his wheelchair at the tender age of two and peacefully looks outside while making soft contented sounds. He has been having some massive seizure activity lately. Some days, I can't help but wonder how long he will be with us. It pierces me through when the thought even crosses my mind. He is so worth it. He is so loved.
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Do I Expect My Typical Children to be Responsible for my Special Needs Children?
Do I Expect My Typical Children to be Responsible for my Special Needs Children?
Do I expect my typical children to be responsible for my special needs children later in life?! NO. I do not expect them to. I hope and pray everyday that Doug and I raise their hearts as such that they naturally, willingly, and with a joyful heart love their siblings well, both as children and as adults.
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Second String
Second String
Aaron actually showed interest in using scissors today. It's the little things that are big things around here. The little are big. The upside down kingdom that we live in, that Jesus lives in. Don't worry. We don't need big things. We are good with it. In fact, it's how we like it.
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Where Are You, Church?
Where Are You, Church?
Aaron is sharing with Sollie his letters and his pumpkin stickers. He loves without qualifying. Seeing love in my home, struggling to see it in the world. Where is the Church? I still can't seem to write anything remotely publishable. My heart is hurting for refugees washing up on shores, Christians being beheaded and the deafening absence of Christians. How have we lost our identity?
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The Kind of Miracles That No One Ever Hopes For
The Kind of Miracles That No One Ever Hopes For
We want the miracles that include our happy ending, where our overwhelming victory drowns out memory of the soul crushing struggle. We want our idea of what hope and miracles are worthy of to be made material. Hope is not cruel in it being a gift, a grace from God. It is cruel when we assign hope to what is not eternal.
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Why Using "Orphan Rescue" Sets Up Families to Fail
Why Using "Orphan Rescue" Sets Up Families to Fail
I have not published a post in over a month. I have been struggling with a few things. I have written posts, but have had to leave them be. Even now I know that this post may not be well received. It’s ok though, the receipt of my writing is not the intent, it is my obedience in writing it. I wish I had a cape or could fly or maybe even had telepathy.
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Plane Tickets and Popsicles
Plane Tickets and Popsicles
I have been a tad bit stressed out lately. We have known that we are outgrowing our house for some time now. Since we moved here we have added Sollie, Malachi and the little one to the mix. These kids have brought an astonishing amount of equipment and supplies.
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