Maybe I need God every moment of the day because I’m tired and sometimes it’s just damn hard. And maybe there are days that I mourn my life before I chose wreckage. Days before I knew the truth, and blindly skipped across this life without delving too deeply into suffering, injustice and pain. Now I wade through the muck and… Read More
We went to the park and Israel was excited to go play with all the kids he saw crawling on the equipment. I placed him in the sand and he quickly army crawled toward the group of kids by the slide. He struggled to make it across the sand and as he neared, the kids darted across the sand to… Read More
Adoption has an ugly side. I don’t think you can see it from the outside looking in. It will absolutely change you. It cannot enter your life and not rip, shred and tear. It enters invited and sets up in your home and heart. Adoption will unpack a suitcase on your living room floor, your kitchen counter, your family car,… Read More
I’m sitting crammed in one of those little kids chairs and my hands are sweaty. It smells like crayons, stinky boy feet and someone’s leftover lasagna. Mentally I calm my body and try to remember negotiation tactics or hostage tips from movies I’ve seen, I’ve got nothing. So, I sit and try not to fill in the quiet with senseless… Read More
I’ll never forget the day my two boys were sitting in the bathtub making ice cream cones on top of each other’s head out of soap and in the process creating a lake outside the tub. My 5 year old, Isaac suddenly stopped mid-soap and gawked at his brother, 3 year old Joel. “Mom”, he gasped “Joel’s ear is gone!”…. Read More
With over 58 years of combined parenting experience, 6 children and a multitude of head scratching and eye-rolling moments, I have narrowed parenting survival down to the 5 “M”s of “mom”ming. Modesty – As sung by my BFF Elsa, you gotta “Let It Go”. Serious, it’s okay that your kid is stripping the moment your van rolls in the drive…. Read More