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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I don't deserve this love. You don't either. But He gives it freely anyway/

May reminds me every single day of what I felt when pregnant with Anna, knowing our time together was coming to a close.

The Tummy Mummy is always my top suggestion for a great book that helps children to understand adoption

2015 was the year of joy. I look forward to 2016, and I feel God calling me the word "Trust."

Photo-a-day challenge, each day I dug deep into a memory of what shaped my experience as a birth mom.

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...

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...

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...

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...