I met a girl named Jaime at Trader Joe's the other day. She approached me and asked me if some of my children were adopted. After many years of being a foster and adoptive mom I am used to random people stopping me and asking me about my kids. When I was a new foster [...]
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The Tale of Two Thanksgivings
Thanksgiving 2013 has come and gone without serious incident at our house. That statement is enough reason to rejoice because there is always the potential that something could go wrong every year. I won't get into it here but let's just say experience has made me wise. Fortunately this year nothing went wrong. We had [...]
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Maybe
I am really looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving on Thursday. It’s one of my favorite holidays. I love the way it smells, the weather is usually perfect and there’s football to watch. Maybe I’ve idealized the whole thing, but the thought of a day where the whole nation pauses to remember what we're thankful for [...]
Why You Should Apologize to Your Children
The Bible says the children are a blessing from the Lord. That’s a big, scary statement and as their parents we have the responsibility to raise them well. Let’s look at parenting from 10,000 feet. There are essentially two very broad but different approaches to parenting: Do as I say Do as I do In [...]
People Mean Well, No Really They Do
I know people mean well, but good intentions are not necessarily an indicator of right actions. We've been asked some questions over the years that either leave us smiling or scratching our heads. These questions could be considered misguided or uninformed, perhaps the thoughts of people who don’t know any better, but when strangers ask [...]
How to Ruin a Saturday
I have a coworker who just took a short trip out of town with her husband. He is the outdoorsy type. He loves exploring and finding adventure and she is more of the stay at the cabin and read a book type. This, as you might imagine, is a source of conflict between them whenever [...]
November is National Adoption Month
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Creating a Healthy Adoption Culture in Your Church
About a minute into the greatest sermon ever preached Jesus tells us that we are the light of the world. I know, big responsibility is placed on us in that moment. I think that a way for our churches to be the light of the world is by embracing the ministry of adoption and foster [...]
What Does Your Label Say?
We all like to label things. If it doesn't have a label, then it doesn't make any sense to us. We even have label makers so that we can label our things. Apparently the names they were assigned by their makers don’t really work for us. We have to give them names that fit our [...]
Hot Cocoa (Honey Sweetened)
I love when the weather gets cold out and I can drink all my favorite warm drinks. I'm not a coffee drinker, but I love a big mug of coconut creamer tea (similar to a chai tea latte). I also love creamy rich hot cocoa. I have tried many recipes over the years to avoid all [...]