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It seems that life with a 3 and 4 year old always keeps my husband and I talking about disciplining our children. We find ourselves talking with friends about how best to help shape our children. Of course, there is no shortage of books and opinions about how to do this!  Thankfully I am not a huge information gathering and I don’t over-think things, (doing those things in this area of parenting could monopolize my life!!) but I do think it...

I was recently asked to share at our church’s upcoming Women’s Retreat about our adoption story. Three and a half years ago, we embarked on a journey to adopt two children from DR Congo; in those past three years we’ve had some of the most wonderful “highs” and some very deep “lows”…from seeing the precious faces of twin boys to hearing that they were kidnapped (only to find out it was false information), and ultimately closing that adoption as they were...

Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!  Psalm 106:1 This morning I woke up to … *Dishes scattered (not stacked) along every square inch of counter space, because that’s the way they were when we left the house yesterday morning for an all-day doctor’s appointment, got home just in time for kids’ after school snack and left again for church, only to return for all-around bath time and last-minute homework ...

He spent two hours in line at Disneyland so they could meet them. That’s what a daddy does for his daughters. His little girls, one who loved princesses so very much, and one who loved what sister loved.  Another trip we waited an hour for Tinker Bell. It had been → ...

2014-2015 Is bringing lots of curious new developments for me…… ...

Adoption isn’t easy, everyone knows this. Adoption is not the way God intended families to be built originally. Adoption is God’s grace lavished on humanity as a way to take something ugly and make it beautiful.  For us adoptive families, we are standing in the gap for these children and woman in crisis situations.  We realize that in the best case scenario every baby should be cared for my the father and mother who brought them into this world.  These are...

One of the ways I have been spending my Christmas break has been with my nose in this book!  This is an interesting read that opens up the theory of multiple intelligences.  It is always fascinating as a home-educator and also as a mom, to discover how each of my children learn, think, and interact with the world differently, as well as understanding a few more things about myself! → ...

It has been difficult these past few weeks in our home. You see, my husband goes to work each day wearing the uniform that has become an object of hate. He wears the skin that is assumed to be racist and he continues to respond to and protect the public that has no problem hating, spitting on and ridiculing him. He is called racist yet comes home and loves on his beautiful little girl with that dark brown skin that...

I want to share a brief reflection on Christmas and Christians. You see, in my work with college athletes I often sit across the table from people who by name and label call themselves Christians. After all, we live in nation founded on Christianity and we experience freedom of religion. There is a tradition of Christianity in which many people are raised in families that embrace the traditions. The majority culture celebrates Christmas and Easter. And then I read about the...

We had a famiversary in our home last week. It was the eighth anniversary of the wild week in Ethiopia where we met our two youngest daughters.  Our first Christmas together was wonderful and stressful and amazing. I love to tell the story of our first day together in our home.  Our little girls love to hear it and we often retell it at home. I decided it bears repeating here as well. → ...