Jan 1, 20215 min2020 Year In Review + Word of the Year2020 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, 20202 minThe 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, 20202 minAdoption: 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...
Dec 29, 20195 min2019 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, 20194 minDid 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, 20195 min{BOOK REVIEW} Before I Saw YouThese 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...
Jun 28, 20181 minAdoption 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, 20182 minBirth 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...
May 8, 20162 minI Don't Deserve ThisI don't deserve this love. You don't either. But He gives it freely anyway/
May 6, 20163 minAdoption: May is HardMay reminds me every single day of what I felt when pregnant with Anna, knowing our time together was coming to a close.
Mar 24, 20162 minMy Favorite Adoption Book for Kids: The Tummy MummyThe Tummy Mummy is always my top suggestion for a great book that helps children to understand adoption
Jan 1, 20163 minReflections: 2015 the Year of Joy2015 was the year of joy. I look forward to 2016, and I feel God calling me the word "Trust."
Dec 1, 201515 minOur Open Adoption Story Told in PhotosPhoto-a-day challenge, each day I dug deep into a memory of what shaped my experience as a birth mom.
Sep 23, 20153 minLife Just Got Busy (and Welcome!)I still have a post waiting in the drafts processing my feelings on Anna and I's 4 day sleepover this past summer. I promise I will...
Jul 22, 20152 min11th Birthday Thoughts: Feeling Adoption LossAnna turned 11 in June and as usual it brought about memories and emotions that I don't usually have on a daily basis. Usually I am very...
Jun 11, 20142 minAn Open Birthday Letter: 10 Years of Adoption, 10 Years of LoveDear Anna, Today you turn 10 years old. It is currently 8:21 pm and in my busy life of 3 kids, plus babysitting, plus growing a new...
Apr 16, 20146 minAdoption Memory: The Night of Two LinesOctober 14, 2013 The Night of Two Lines Dearest Anna, It is hard to believe is has been 10 years since I first saw those 2 pink lines...