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  I remember the moment I met her, just 9 months ago.  She was the tiniest 3-year-old I had ever seen.  When I held her, I even thought she might break.  I silently wondered, “What happened to the healthy toddler from the referral picture?” Less than 5 minutes later, our facilitator shrieked, “Look, another one!” which meant, “Here’s your second daughter!”  And as I reached for my new 1-year-old, I was completely unaware that my emotional ‘detachment’ with my tiny...

God has reminded me yet again of this simple truth. He is in control. I am not. In my last post I shared about how powerful God worked in my relationship with “T”, my daughter’s birth mom. I want to share a bit more of that story. One of the more difficult things in my life was having to say good bye to the woman I had known for only 15 days. It is amazing what...

  What if love looks different than we expect or imagine?   What if love is hard?   What if many don't understand when love looks different?   When we plan to become parents, we have a flood of emotions, including excitement! Particularly as adoptive parents, because let’s face it, no one accidentally becomes an adoptive parent.  

     February 7th, our last full day in Russia, we loaded all of our supplies and gifts for the children onto three vans.  We would travel 4 hours from where we had been staying to an orphanage, to meet the children we had been praying for.  It felt surreal to me… God has given me such a heart for the orphans.  Years ago I asked Him to break my heart for the things that break His and He...

I’m the one. I’m the kid that made them change the rules, and now your kids can no longer bring PB&J to school. I’m allergic to peanuts. I’m the one. I’m the kid that’s not so good at sports.  I’m the kid that missed one too many balls and we lost the game.  You know, the one that other parents are talking about?  If only I didn’t play? I’m not so good at sports. I’m the one. I’m the kid that doesn’t have any...