Mothers on the Mind

Life is always crazy with us, but somehow, during the past couple weeks, we’ve managed to up the ante. I haven’t had much time to breath let alone put together many cohesive thoughts for the blog. Fortunately, I think I’m going to get my feet back under me this week and weekend. In th meantime, […]

Jesus Knows

I’m not usually a huge fan of devotionals; however, I wanted to intentionally recognize this Lenten season, and , I came across this free devotional. I’ve not read it consistently, but God may have led me to it for just one day…Day 5. It’s about Peter. I know about Peter. I know Peter’s role in Good […]

Adoption: See All Sides of the Story

Months ago, someone posted a link to this Dan Rather story on the “Shameful Side of International Adoption.” I recently just got around to watching it since we’ve been busy dealing with the Trauma Side of International Adoption. The segment starts with a recap of the story of Hannah Williams. While the Williams’ treatment of Hannah […]

Storybook Therapy

Our kids recently wanted to watch Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. As is our custom, we tracked down the book before indulging in the movie. The library had the audio book on instant download which was great for us. Shhh! Don’t tell, but I’m a homeschooling mom, and I hate […]

My take on the WRETCHED RAD Video

I had never heard of the WRETCHED Network or Todd Friel before yesterday, but now a video he recorded has gone viral in the adoption community. As anything viral, it evokes strong emotions; However, this video has been rather polarizing. Folks either really identified with it or found it untrue and offensive. Todd’s delivery is […]

How is school going? #womenslives

I’m trying to be positive and enjoy the fact that pushing our most volatile child to school has dramatically changed the daily atmosphere in our house for the better. However each interaction with the school leaves me reeling. “She has been super cooperative for me.” Of course she has. You’re not a safe person in […]

What about the siblings?

I get a lot of questions about how our adoption of Ty affected our bio kids. Or how our out-of-birth order adoption of three unrelated teen/tweens affected the kids who were already at home. The human part of me is telling you it sucks and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. Jesus is whispering that […]

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 […]