special needs, adoption, foster care, thanksgiving

When Giving Real Thanks Is Hard

When you’re raising a child with extremely challenging behaviors, it can be hard to face a holiday all about giving thanks. Sure, we can all find small gratitudes each day. We have food to eat. We only called the police once last week.  The sun came out today. But what about deep gratitude for the […]

A Devo for Adoptive Moms

Since I’m in Haiti and spending most of my blogging energy for our trip blog, I’ll leave  you with this short blurb… A couple months ago a friend approached me about being on a team of writers to produce a devotional written with adoptive moms–from all phases of the journey–in mind. It took a little […]