I’ll never go back, I’m stepping off this plane and I’ll never return. My heart is destroyed. She was just an infant. She had some sort of wound bandaged on her foot so the doctor laid her on the cold metal table and just began ripping the gauze out of her foot. Dry dressing change, no pain medication. I need to… Read More
I’m going to talk about what people don’t often talk about within the foster care and adoption world. Sure, it will be mentioned in passing, but it truly is a bit of a taboo subject that is mostly glossed over. And what I share might make you uncomfortable or even angry. And you might think I’m a beast because what… Read More
I crept with trepidation and fear towards the darkness. I peered with weary eyes over the ledge and my soul lurched. With trembling hands I reached out and embraced the broken, and my heart cried “Where are you God”. I held the boy whose bones fought to escape thin skin, whose heart fought to remain beating. I touched the boy… Read More
When I was little, I told my grandpa that I wanted to catch a bird. My grandfather was a rancher and I can still remember his gnarled and scarred hands from mending fence and punching cattle. He smelled of pipe tobacco, honest sweat, and horse. His voice was gravel and when he spoke, he was listened to. I held him… Read More
One little boy has tipped our whole lives upside down. I always knew that we would change his life by bringing him home, but I never knew that he would profoundly change my life. We set out to raise a ransom(adoption fees) and adopt this little wisp of a boy, with the idea that we would give him a new… Read More
I’m not filled with romantic notions nor am I an idealist. However, I am well-versed in what the ideal childhood and marriage scene should look like. I’ve planned what my life was supposed to look like, and well….I’ve truly missed the mark. Okay, really I’ve completely missed hitting the whole darn target. And truth be told, I may be shooting… Read More