As we kicked off this brand new year with a brand new focus, we felt like we want to share monthly updates. Being a noob, as my son would say, at this whole adoption process, it is our hope that sharing and being transparent will serve a few purposes. Firstly, that maybe someone who is …
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Orchestrated
I’d like to tell you a story. It’s a story about four very different people and a set of seemingly unrelated circumstances. After (finally) deciding to stop ignoring God, we started making big life changes to work toward special needs adoption. One of which, was walking away from my career after 18 years. Hands down, …
Orange
Drained. Sometimes regular life just leaves you feeling drained. We’re at the end of a long month, and finally feeling, hoping, praying that we’re on an upswing. Along with the busyness that Christmas brings, we had five doctor visits, four respiratory infections/viruses, two ear infection, possible strep throat, a sprained back, and just when we …
#thisistwo
Among a multitude of other blessings, one thing having children eleven years apart has given me is perspective. My son, as a toddler, was insanely easy to parent. I can remember every single one of his tantrums. There were only three. He made me ‘that mom’ who’s child was (nearly) always well behaved. Yet, I …
IF
Once in a while you see two things that are in such stark contrast, that it’s impossible not to take pause at the vastness that exists between the two realities. Several weeks ago, months now, this happened to me on social media. Simply scrolling through my feed they sat there, each a normality of their …
Check √
I’ve always been a maker of lists. Something about seeing things in a neat line with check marks next to them helps me feel accomplished, whether it’s a packing, to-do, lesson plans, or adoption. This is a post I will make more than once as we progress through the list so you all can see …
Penciled In
There’s a thought keeps popping into my head as we plan the next few months. The next couple years. I’m just penciling it in. I’ve never actually used that phrase before but it seems awfully fitting now. Our adoption is not penciled in. It’s written in thick black Sharpie. Unchanging. But the rest… The details …
Doubt
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” ~Henry Ford On that day when I sat in the mother’s room alone with baby J sleeping on my lap at church, I listened to my pastor talk about not just having knowledge of God, but …
Two
I do not wish you joy without sorrow, Nor endless day without the healing dark, Nor brilliant sun without the restful shadow, Nor tides that never turn against your bark. I wish you love, and strength, and faith, and wisdom, Goods, gold enough to help some needy one.I wish you songs, but also blessed silence, …
Helping
Bare toes in the sand, sun glistening off the water, the soft wash of waves rolling up on shore. One by one he skips stones across the surface, bouncing for a moment, then disappearing beneath the surface, overwhelmed by the vastness. Thinking about the orphan crisis feels much the same to me. I am the …
The Other Side of Fear 