Everyone is invited to a book reading of “Just Really Joseph” by Kayla Craig at the Sioux Center Library this coming Saturday morning from 10-11:30 a.m. Santa will be reading this book and we are going to pull some other adoption + diversity-related books for families to see. Copies of “Just Really Joseph” will also be available for purchase with all proceeds benefiting Katelyn’s Fund~Orphan Ministry! → ...
Today I choose to be thankful for my busy, busy days. I had a list of things I wanted to accomplish today. None of them are getting done. → ...
Of all of the family Christmas stories that get repeated at our house, this story remains one of the best. I may have even told it right here on the Katelyn’s fund blog. It’s nearly the 10th anniversary of the day we brought our girls home from Ethiopia. Life has changed, but we are still too busy at Christmas. We still head off to go to events when we should protect our schedule. This story is of the time we...
Empowered to Connect: Motivations Can Speak Louder Than Words It is important for adoptive and foster parents to examine their motivations, not only when they begin the adoption or foster care journey but also along the way. Watch as Michael Monroe encourages parents to consider why they are doing what they are doing so they can more effectively meet their child’s needs. → ...
A friend of our family is a self-taught musician and song-writer. One of his songs is titled “Blessings Abound“. I love this song because it reminds me that I have such an abundance of blessings from my heavenly Father. He daily lavishes these blessings upon me and yet, most times, I take them for granted. → ...
Yesterday felt like Christmas to me. The snow fell. I went to visit a friend. Twice! My youngest son needed snow pants so I went to Walmart and got him a whole new set, and some new socks and a warm outfit. (It’s his birthday tomorrow, too.) We ordered pizza and ate in the living room in front of the fire place watching a movie. → ...
Gerardo and Constance Solano Children : Monsi 16, Tati 13, Gabriel 8, Jade 4 Looking to adopt: Kai and Maya Church: Church Bayside , Rocklin, CA Our son was diagnosed with Down Syndrome at birth in 2008. From that time, 5 years, we contemplated adoption, but had to get through a lot of medical issues with him. We had lost everything between the market crashing and our son in the hospital. He had 10 surgeries in 10 months. We had to start over completely from...
Wow, what a week it has been. I have been thinking over the past week about what God has been speaking to my heart and I have kept coming back over and over to the need for us to acknowledge that God is our Deliverer! → ...
Today I want to take a moment to throw out a question that as parents or people hoping to be parents we ought to be wrestling with often: Do we see our children as a means to an end? Are we looking for contentment from our children’s behavior, performances in school, their social scene, their dreams, their spiritual journeys? Do we think our children can provide contentment for us? I am thinking about this because my visionary gifted writer of a husband wrote a...
2 months ago I wrote a blog either here or on my personal blog (I cannot remember which) about my fears as a white mom and dealing with hair for my black daughter. This is an ongoing struggle. My child is beautiful and lovely….but her hair is very hard to maintain, and fix, and style. My child also struggles with lots of sensory issues so the smell of hair products, the pulling and tugging, the sitting, etc are all an...
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