Global Giving
Every year our parents ask for Christmas lists for our family. And every year I struggle to come up with enough ideas. I also dread…
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The List…
This wasn’t the way it was supposed to go. It was supposed to go something like this: High school sweethearts get married. Work hard, buy a cute house….
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The Adoption Ideal
Idealize (Def: to attribute ideal characteristics to) Ideal (Def: existing as a mental image or in fancy or imagination only) Christmas, Birthdays, Vacations and other…
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Humbled
I recently had one of my most humbling moments as a mother. After receiving a not-so-lovely report about our almost 4-year old son’s behavior in…
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Look Alikes
When God called us to adopt, we had one week to prepare our home for a new little baby. We didn’t know much about the…
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Boys: Toddler to Teen Relationship Building
For the last 32 hours my home has been filled with a dozen 15 – 16 year old boys enjoying a bevy of guy like…
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Affirmation from a Teenager…
When you are searching for affirmation … try someone – like God – instead of your teenage son! This past weekend I had a wonderful…
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Fun in Marriage?
Are you having fun in your marriage? It sounds like a ridiculous question doesn’t it! After all we got married because we liked being with…
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The Impact of a Kind Word
After a long and wearying day of traveling with our three children (6, 4, and 2), we were anxiously waiting to disembark at our final…
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Leaving Blissful
Until very recently, I lived in a place called Blissful. Just as the name would imply, it was a terrific place to grow up. So…
