Isn’t adoption hard? It really is. The idea of it is inspiring, convicting, and exciting. Planning to add a child to the home, picturing them around the table and in the car and posing for the family picture. That’s all really sweet stuff. I know. We’ve done it before. Last time we adopted I was longing for our child, with an urgency and fierce suspense….and when she came and we settled in I remember thinking, “I liked the adoption process....
A short disclaimer…..on the days I am assigned to post, I will mostly post late at night. I apologize for this habit. I’m sure it is annoying. I can’t write a draft and schedule it for my assigned day…I just can’t. It’s a thing with me. I have to write in the moment….and most days, the moment comes at the end of the day. It is what it is. → ...
1 Kings 17:1-7 And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word.” → ...
I’ve lost my ducks. My marbles aren’t in a row. Wait a minute…I have ducks?!? → ...
“My friends, adoption is redemption. It’s costly, exhausting, expensive, and outrageous. Buying back lives costs so much. When God set out to redeem us, it killed Him.” – Derek Loux ...
God has reminded me several times over the past several days the importance of friendships. When talking with adoptive moms I hear a common theme … maintaining friendships is so hard! Often times when we are on the adoptive parenting journey our family life looks different from those that we have always been friends with. Sometimes the chasms of these differences are far too deep for the friendship to even last. I am not trying to be the “glass half...
Since arriving home a month ago with our newest Treasure, it seems chaos has taken over, despite my best efforts to keep it at bay. We have decisions to make based on the new dynamic of our family, and some days it seems easier if someone would simply tell me what to do rather than coping with the stress of ‘limbo’. After all, every day has enough calendar clutter without the extra decision-making. → ...
You may be familiar with the site “Awkward Family Photos<http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/>.” I love paging through the photos of families in awkward situations. If you click on the site, I’m quite sure you will laugh out loud. → ...
I had mentioned in my last post about a trip that my husband and I were blessed to take to the Holy Land just over two years ago. It was an amazing time and really one of those “once in a lifetime” experiences. We went in a group of 40 people and my husband and I were by far the youngest couple on the tour (by at least 15 years). We both enjoy spending time with older generations so that...
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