The Rollercoaster of Foster Care and Adoption
After spending most of their childhoods in foster care, Addy and her brother Dominick had never been to a birthday…
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After spending most of their childhoods in foster care, Addy and her brother Dominick had never been to a birthday…
Continue ReadingI was raised by a mom who people referred to as the helicopter mom, the overbearing mom, or (my favorite)…
Continue ReadingConnection. It’s something that we all need right now. I knew that when I became a mother, I would be…
Continue ReadingOur routine will be a mess. Our toddler won’t sleep in a new environment. Our baby needs all of the…
Continue ReadingIf I close my eyes and let myself, I can still see the 11-year-old boy with his pale feet sticking…
Continue ReadingAs I sit and watch my girls play in the water at our cabin, I can't help but smile. Their…
Continue Reading'Tis the season for dorms for those of us whose children are in college. You may be designing, planning,…
Continue ReadingI lay face down on the floor, praying. Praying in the loosest sense of the word. Praying in the Romans…
Continue ReadingMy current dilemma: how to teach four little girls how to be good sisters when I have no idea what…
Continue ReadingMy growing child, my heart often aches when I look at how big you have gotten. You aren’t a baby…
Continue ReadingMy husband and I have been married for 23 years and we have never spontaneously gone four hours away to…
Continue ReadingThe first magical flickers of your strong heartbeat on a black and white screen— the reassuring evidence I needed to…
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