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The following post is on literacy and language development of adoptees by the Attachment and Bonding Center of Ohio.  Since we homeschool, I found this to be extremely interesting.  I hope it may shed some light for you if your child struggles academically.  → ...

  Navigating the financial pieces of the adoption process can feel daunting!  We have talked through the fundraising piece and I know many who believe that you shouldn’t enter the adoption process until you have all of the money saved.   Then there are others to step in, not knowing where the money is going to come from but trusting that God will provide.  Which process is “right” or “best”??   → ...

Today I spoke with a woman who placed a child for adoption recently.  She got someone who was not the biological father to agree to “say he was the baby’s dad”….on paper if needed…..so that this child could go to an adoptive family.   → ...

My pastor has been doing a sermon series that is focused on encountering God.  He has challenged us in this area and has spoken on what it looks like to encounter God face to face.  I have loved having growth in relationship with Christ that involves encountering God.  I find that there are so many times that I don’t stop and see my encounters with God.  I feel Him close and know that He is walking with me day by...

Hebrews 12:2 is my life verse.  It says this, “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning the shame, to sit at the right hand of the throne of God.”   → ...

Well, I missed my blog day on Friday and I have something today….so I’m writing now.  Sorry.  I’m not really very punctual.  Or worried about it.  I’m seldom late without a good reason.  Friday was adoption therapy, then trying to fix the dining room fan with my husband, then lunch and a melt-down or two…then the homecoming parade and the welcome home of all of my kids for the weekend….so, yeah.  Oh, and then the in-laws came.  

“Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.”   Genesis 28:16 These are words of Jacob as he ran for his life.  Aren’t they so true to us humans? How many times have I been able to say these same words to myself on the other side of a trial or suffering?  God was here, and I didn’t even know it! → ...

God placed adoption on my heart a long long time ago. I can remember back in high school telling people I was going to adopt a child someday. I know it is a calling from the Lord. I also know that it is a command from the Lord to take care of the orphan (James 1:27).  It is hard for me to grabble with how much of adopting has to be a clear calling. Let me back up a little....