Pressure Cooker Chicken Stew: Open Adoption Edition
Warm, comforting pressure cooker chicken stew recipe, passed down from adoptive mom to birth mom.
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- Feb 16
- 4 min
The Complexities of a Birth Sibling Relationship in Open Adoption
by Savannah Outten *note for context: Savannah is my oldest daughter that I parent, 2.5 years younger than Kaylee. They have known each...
- Jan 24
- 5 min
10 Ways Miscarriage Heartbreak and Birth Mother Grief Are Similar
When I had a miscarriage two years into my marriage and needed a D & E at twelve weeks along, I was heartbroken. Although it wouldn’t...
- Jan 9
- 4 min
2022 Reflections + Word Of The Year
If you read my last post back in September, or on recent social media you've seen that I've been in a place of wrestling spiritually....
- Sep 12, 2022
- 4 min
Is There Rest In Flourishing?
I turned 35 today, and much like the literal New Year I turn to reflection. What was my 34th year like? What did I accomplish? What did I...
- Dec 30, 2021
- 5 min
Reflections: 2021 the Year of Zeal
I've been praying over a word of the year for around 10 years now. It is amazing to see what God does! Savannah (who is close to being 15...
- Jan 1, 2021
- 5 min
2020 Year In Review + Word of the Year
2020 started out exciting for me, mostly. My husband and I started the year out on some shaken ground, but that shaking helped reveal the...
- Sep 23, 2020
- 2 min
The Oyster & the Pearl: What Will You Do With Your Sand?
Years ago my counselor once told me of how the oyster forms a pearl. It starts with a grain of sand finding its way inside, causing it...
- Sep 23, 2020
- 2 min
Adoption: Do I Love Her Less?
I'm an open book when it comes to my adoption and most of my life, for the simple fact that I want to be real and honest in hopes that it...
- Sep 23, 2020
- 5 min
8 Tips For Living in Survivor Mode
Tips and tools I've learned in the past years to survive in survival mode as a momma of 5.
- Dec 29, 2019
- 5 min
2019 in Review | What a Ride It Was!
Wow. This year has honestly flown by. 2019 was full of ups and downs, but with so much growth and excitement! In 2019 the promise I felt...
- Jul 10, 2019
- 4 min
Did I Trade My Motherhood, So She Could Have a Dad?
Sometimes I feel like I traded my opportunity to mother my birth daughter so that she could have a dad who is present and adores her. It...
- Jan 20, 2019
- 5 min
{BOOK REVIEW} Before I Saw You
These days, I don’t often get (or– make?) time to read a book with paper pages to highlight and turn with my fingertips, but I still love...
- Dec 31, 2018
- 4 min
2018 in Review + Word for 2019
2018 is coming to close already. Can you believe it? I always enjoy these end of the year reviews to see it all in retrospect and looking...
- Dec 27, 2018
- 5 min
2017 in Review + Word for 2018
Ah, here we are once again. A new year approaching. This is always my favorite post of the year. Though I blog less and less here...
- Jul 2, 2018
- 3 min
What Your Placenta Has To Do With Resting As A New Mom
I just have to vent for a moment. As a momma who has had 6 babies and learned the hard way…for the love of the giant wound inside your...
- Jun 28, 2018
- 1 min
Adoption Professionals– I Need You!
This book is on a roll, I am so excited with all that has been accomplished in just a week! God is breathing life into this project and...
- Jun 24, 2018
- 2 min
Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, and Adoptees – I need you!
It’s happening guys, finally. I’ve known since Anna was born that God gave me this gift of writing to use it for His glory and write a...
- Jan 14, 2018
- 5 min
How God Redeemed This Broken Momma In The Bedroom
Guys, we are going THERE right now. This isn’t a post for little eyes, or my family members (eek!). This is me being super open about...
- Jul 23, 2017
- 6 min
Tools For a Worship Filled Pregnancy & Birth
Hi, mommas! Having now had 6 amazingly challenging, rewarding, and Holy Spirit filled births (4 of those 100% natural), I wanted to share...
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