“God is refining who we are.”
Fulfilling My Calling
There are 140,000,000 orphans in the world and 400,000 of those children are in the US foster care system. Our very own backyard. Currently, the government, licensed agencies, and even missions (group homes, orphanages) oversee the care for these children. But there are over 350,000 churches in the US. That is why, in September of last year, I joined the …
Talking about adoption with kids old enough to remember
In the last post I addressed sharing an adoption story with a young child. In this post, I want to share my experience with talking about adoption with slightly older kids. My two older adopted kids were 4 and 6 when they joined our family, and 5 and 7 when they were adopted. They are now 8 and 10. My 10 …
Talking with a young child about their adoption
In my opinion, if your adopted child has a concrete memory of being told they are adopted… you’ve told them too late. It is an important part of their story that they should grow up knowing. The age of the adopted child really determines the type of conversation you may need to have. I have 3 adopted kids who are all …
The Life Filter of Adoption
My 10 year old son wrote his first letter to his pen pal through school. I have two 4th graders working on the same assignment and they are both so excited about this. I think it’s such a neat idea! The teachers sent home the original copy for them to keep. In his letter, in his 10 year old hand …
Dear Teachers,
It’s the end of another school year and it’s been a wild one. I know we all see how important teachers are! I could spend hours, days, and many tears gushing over how much I love teachers. Not because of our current learning situation but because their love for my kids changed my life. We have always been blessed with …
His mercies are new every morning.
It’s been a while… almost a year since I was on here last. Though I have started a lot of different blogs entries I never finished them. Sometimes, when you don’t know where to start, just starting is the best option… so that’s what I am doing… starting right where I am. Motherhood is hard. There are so many things …
Life hacks
Motherhood keeps me busy. It’s been a full summer with so many things going on. I plan on refocusing on this blog once the kids are back in school, which is just around the corner. However, here are some ideas that have helped me with the busyness of life. Teeth Brushing Teeth brushing is such task! We use these timers …
Navigating the sibling relationships
There are so many things that I look back on and wish I could have done differently those first several months when we added three additional kiddos to our home. However, if there is something that I feel like we did well it was how we navigated the sibling relationships in our home. We gave all the kids space… lots …
Attaching and bonding as an adoptive parent
Over the past three years, with foster and now 3 adopted kids, I feel like grace has been my word; the thing that keeps me going. Grace. Grace that allows myself to feel space and mercy in situations where I could so easily feel heaps of guilt. Don’t get me wrong, there are so many magical moments. There are moments …