Fearlessly Facing our History, Disabilities, or Our Child’s Ancestry in Adoption

My seven -year-old adopted daughter is partially deaf. I stand there, between clothes racks, witnessing hands moving between strangers.  In conversation without words. I interrupt with my lips, not even thinking that they may have no voice and that I might make a complete fool of myself. One vocalizes clearly in response, and I am relieved. She […]

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Why I am ProLife 110%.

With all the ruckus in the news about abortion options ending, I can’t say I attest. I am a Christian and to say that life does not begin at conception would be a false confession.  But please know, by circumstance, throughout my life, I am a witness to both abortion and life choices. I still remember, […]

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I Lied when I said I would NEVER take an older foster child

That was one thing I said I would never do.  Yes, I would stretch myself, open my home, care for the infant like God wanted me to…. But I said it…“I will never have an older foster child.” There can be attachment issues. Past histories of abuse. So much baggage that I questioned His power through […]

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The Unseen

Back from China.  Here is a writing from day 1 in China. We have seen the children.  Here.  In an orphanage. …..God’s people. Disabled.  Deformed.  Blind. The Forgotten Ones…. Cleft lips.  Babies left.  Ants crawling on…..as they find…..infant left on the ground. Hands tied.  To chairs….Potty chairs.  Or beds.  Or bottles. Babies rocking.  Back and forth.  […]

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When the World is Blind……God Sees.

They sit there alone.  Untouched.  As time catches them….passes away….the days of their lives. Empty. Hands fail to grip much.  Mothers love.  Fingers gripping for any hope of touch. These.  The forgotten ones. And yet, each with a story.  And, it’s easy to think…..because we are far.  Have lives. These images of children need not consume […]

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Exposed Infants and a Call to Parent

I was completely broken by Michelle’s post over at Gathering the Lambs this past week. She is a fellow foster parent and adoptive parent who has opened her home and heart with loving arms. Please read the shocking statistics in her town about foster care over at….Gathering The Lambs. I know from experience…my city is no […]

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