Critical Words That No One Tells You About Amazing Adoptions.
Today is National Adoption Day. Yesterday, a new friend asked me about our adoption. Her good friend has been trying to adopt for awhile now and she was hoping to give her some insight. I shared that our adoption experience would not have been considered normal, if there is a “normal.” Our timeline was…
IS God Good With A Powerful NO?
Is God Good? Daily I hear how God is Good, in the context of: I am blessed because God gave me what I prayed for. A family praying for a child was told the baby had health issues and may not live. Now, they are blessed with a healthy child. God is GOOD. …
10 in 20
COVID has been a catalyst for change among loss. SOOO MUCH CHANGE! Each time we are presented a significant opportunity, it’s formed in the crucible of crisis. What we are feeling, is grief. Ten years ago this month, two traumatized children stepped into our lives. Our party of five became seven over night. Good or…
Be still and know…
Today we are celebrating a graduation. Without adoption, John & I would be sending our youngest to college next month. I cannot imagine our home without children. John said he could. 😂♥️ Last night, fears showed up as I slept. It still shocks me to realize what trauma does to the heart and mind. Milestones…
Seven strong.
Overnight our family grew from five to seven. Adoption was nothing we planned. A series of events had us filling out paperwork and enrolling in foster care classes. Two children that we knew, from another state, needed a home quickly. When I placed the call to DCFS they were happy we were asking to be…
Breakthrough
I had no idea what challenges lie ahead for us all. I had no idea how God would show me a portion of trauma that our youngest two had experienced, allowing me the empathy necessary to be their Mother. The adoption story below was shared in the Spring of 2014, six months prior to our…
Things our son knew…
Parents of loss, as children return to school, liquid remains of dreams unfulfilled, run down cheeks into hearts forever stilled. Look up and receive the gifts given only through grief. They are there. MamaC Thoughts shared from August 19, 2015: Yesterday marked ten months since I last spoke with our son Connor. Most things in…
Different not less
I asked our youngest daughter about a friend she obviously adored. The question: What do you love about your friend? Her answer: She is kind to me, always smiling, and LOVES to dance! But Mom… sometimes I have trouble understanding what she is saying!? Realizing something important, I inquired – Do you understand that she…
Love on purpose
There are nights that sleep leaves me to my thoughts. I lie wide awake with words bursting from my heart. I’m certain these words are meant for someone, so I write. A journey is always better when it is shared. It is truly a love story. Dear friends ~ Love well. Watch the sun rise. …
Good greed?
This morning as I entered Carter’s room for the first time in a week, he jumped up, hugged me tightly and thanked me for coming back to him safely. Thoughts from a child that lost his birth parents, foster parents and a brother that left for college and did not come back. It’s all in…
Big or small ~ love them all.
Mom, I can’t wait to see what you will be dressed up as for Halloween this year! Can I be a witch or Dorothy from Oz? Are we going around the whole block this year? The words, “can I go by myself?” ~ are never spoken. I gently explain that this may need to be…
Giving thanks…
This morning I asked our youngest children how they knew that God answered them when they prayed. I was stunned by the answer. We discussed what they thought God would post on social media. How would he respond? We thought about how nice it would be if God had a cell phone. We could call,…