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 …
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 …
Becoming foster parents- part 2
Friday, July 17th, 2016 at 9 am my life forever changed as I watched a white SUV pull into my driveway. I watched as two adults exited the SUV and walk to the right side of the vehicle. My mind raced, full of questions. My heart, fully in love with this little boy. What was he going to look like? …
Becoming foster parents (part 1)
It was early spring of 2016, I was in my bedroom, the birds chirping outside my window, and my heart was aching to love another baby, but one not of my own flesh and blood. This wasn’t a new feeling for me. It was always something that dwelled deep inside my soul. I wanted to love vulnerable kids. As the …
The Bible & Adoption
I think about adoption daily. Literally every single day adoption thoughts swirl inside my head. I work in the adoption field. I’m part of adoption groups on social media. I have three adopted children. I think about adoption every single day. Every. Day. It’s ingrained into the very fabric of my being. I once heard the phrase at a …
welcome to my heart
I have been writing this blog in my head over the past 5, almost 6 years, and have spent the last 6 months actually working on it. I can’t believe the time has come… it’s really here! Welcome to my heart! I originally was going to blog about our journey with foster care as we were walking through it… but …