How do you know if you should help suffering children? For many of us, this question is utterly preposterous. Of course. What a …
How to Hold On Without Letting Go
When our oldest vandal son, Sam was about 3 he carried two Hotwheels cars with him wherever he went. One in each hand. He …
It’s a Jungle, Not a Petting Zoo
It’s a Jungle, Not a Petting Zoo Our oldest daughter, Maggie, is in Costa Rica with her college friends. They went together to …
Mondays, Babies, Zits, and Stolen Cars
Today is a Monday if there ever was a Monday. Up to my neck in babies, zits and stolen cars. God, help me believe. Help me …
Grief Isn’t a Lack of Faith…
Grief drenched me. From the windows of my bedroom on the second story of our home on our 640-acre ranch, I could see the sky …
Why we aren’t counting the days our son was in foster care…
I understand why people do. And I understand it marks redemption for some. I appreciate the pictures of both children adopted and …
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Real Mom: A Heart Story
(Originally Posted Jan 2016) Today is the anniversary of the birth of my real motherhood. The delivery was painful, joyful, and …
Foster Care: Hoping for the Hurt
Foster Care: Hoping for the Hurt This will probably not reach the masses. I don't care. If my words fall upon the heart of …
I am In Love with Another Woman
This will probably not reach the masses. I don't care. If my words fall upon the heart of one... I have succeeded. I just left …
A little boy not pictured…fast asleep
I have a favorite picture from 2015. As much as I love this picture, the things unseen in the photograph are a bigger part of …
Real Mom
Today is the anniversary of the birth of my real motherhood. The delivery was painful, joyful, and earth shattering. I had given …
Mind the Gap
Several years ago my parents took my husband, myself and our, then, four children to the UK on vacation. During our wanderings we …
