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...
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- May 8, 2016
- 2 min
I Don't Deserve This
I don't deserve this love. You don't either. But He gives it freely anyway/
- May 6, 2016
- 3 min
Adoption: May is Hard
May reminds me every single day of what I felt when pregnant with Anna, knowing our time together was coming to a close.
- Mar 24, 2016
- 2 min
My Favorite Adoption Book for Kids: The Tummy Mummy
The Tummy Mummy is always my top suggestion for a great book that helps children to understand adoption
- Jan 1, 2016
- 3 min
Reflections: 2015 the Year of Joy
2015 was the year of joy. I look forward to 2016, and I feel God calling me the word "Trust."
- Dec 1, 2015
- 15 min
Our Open Adoption Story Told in Photos
Photo-a-day challenge, each day I dug deep into a memory of what shaped my experience as a birth mom.
- Sep 23, 2015
- 3 min
Life 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, 2015
- 2 min
11th Birthday Thoughts: Feeling Adoption Loss
Anna 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, 2014
- 2 min
An Open Birthday Letter: 10 Years of Adoption, 10 Years of Love
Dear 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, 2014
- 6 min
Adoption Memory: The Night of Two Lines
October 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...