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Enough

When you’re a mother to adoptive and foster kiddos, people often say that when you have a Black child you become Black, when you have an Indian child you become Indian, when you have a Latino child yo... ...more

Adoption ,Faith Family &Parenting

February 07, 2025•1 min read

Silent Night

All was not silent or calm in our house on the night of Christmas. Even though our day was laden with the things of Christmas songs – matching Christmas jammies, beautiful church hymns, stockings ove... ...more

Adoption ,Family &Parenting

January 01, 2025•3 min read

Answered Prayer

I thought I understood special needs. I thought I had enough experience as a mom to handle whatever would come my way when we brought our last two children home from Colombia. I didn't, on either acco... ...more

Adoption ,Family &Parenting

December 11, 2024•3 min read

Signs

I met with a lovely woman today to talk about adoption. She and her husband don't have children, and her heart is open to adoption, but she felt paralyzed by decision making and the length of the time... ...more

Adoption ,Family &Parenting

November 15, 2024•3 min read

Question Mark

Fourteen. (Question mark). One of my oldest daughters has a birthday marked by the day that she arrived at the orphanage. Is she fourteen years and two days old? Fourteen years and five months old? O... ...more

Adoption ,Encouragement &Family

October 21, 2024•2 min read

Beautiful

Our daughter, Maria Morning, is a special little girl. She is sassy and sweet and has made incredible strides since she came home to us a year ago. We are so proud of her. ...more

Adoption

October 15, 2024•2 min read

Year In Review

For anyone fascinated by adoption, curious about what it looks like, or just a part of our family's life - this is my perspective on Maria and Matias' first year home. We celebrated their first adopti... ...more

Adoption ,Faith Family &Parenting

October 08, 2024•3 min read

Looking Up

As I write this, I’ve just transferred the grocery bags from my front porch (thank God for Walmart+) to the mat inside our front door. Even now, as I sit outside, I see a football that needs to be put... ...more

Adoption

October 02, 2024•2 min read

Their Guard

How has the school year started for your kiddos? My objective was simply to get my children to school. We completed all of the medical appointments, filled out all the forms, purchased new shoes, went... ...more

Adoption ,school

September 06, 2024•1 min read

Naming

When you don't get to name your children, you have no choice but find a way to love with their names. You see it as a gift from their birth parents, a way for them to leave an unerasable mark on their... ...more

Adoption

April 26, 2024•2 min read

Canceled

I have never canceled a birthday party in our house due to behavior. Illness, yes - as winter birthdays on the cusp of spring rarely go off without a hitch. But for behavior? Never. Having grown up wi... ...more

Adoption ,Family &Parenting

February 21, 2024•2 min read

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