A Final Goodbye
It's been a couple of weeks, or just a week and a half I guess, and I haven't posted here because I just wanted to process the finality of mother's…
A Hard Goodbye
This post has been delayed for a while. I have had to do lots of difficult processing. One week ago today, our precious foster boys were transferred by the court…
Thank you, Lord, for hard days.
Every night (with rare exception) since before we were married, my husband and I have prayed together. It's a commitment we made early on when we were dating that I…
A Light in Dark Places
Few understand the heavy burden carried by foster children. The greatest majority of them have been raised, from birth, in a home that is far from ideal. They love their…
Picture Perfect Love: Dating Advice for my Daughters
Love’s Portrait God is love (1 John 4:8). To understand love we must first know God, and we must always have this fact, that God is love, in the forefront…
July is Party Time!
July is a big month for birthdays at our place - Megan, Jordan and Ruben are all celebrated this month. Yesterday we had the party for our newly minted 9-and-1…
A Ruben Retrospective
One year ago today, a beautiful baby boy named Ruben was born. His 5.5 weeks premature lungs were not ready for the world yet, and he remained in NICU for…
Baby Love
Going through my old posts and photos I found a set of pics I took of Ruben around March that are just too sweet. That stage where babies have discovered…
The Greatest of These
In today’s technological society, it is easy to forget how much we depend on pictures (examples, illustrations, symbols) to show us the way. In a world filled with smart phones,…
Hidden Are The Poor
America has become a nation filled with such wickedness, that often, good-hearted men despair. Yet, there are many that would like to help the poor, but do not know how.…