There’s a nightmare scenario for every parent. We all have them. That phone call we fear….. arrested, suspended, drinking and driving, etc. That revelation we fear…. addicted, sexually active, gay, etc. That action we fear…. tattoo, running away, getting high, bullying, etc. That diagnosis we fear…. std, pregnancy, etc. Have you ever considered what you would do if…
I don’t think I’ll ever forget the first time I received a child life history on a little girl who would soon become our daughter. It was an overwhelming moment. As I sat my kitchen table that day, I was flooded with mixed emotions. This stack of paper represented a moment that we had…
When I logged onto Facebook this morning, I was greeted by a post in one of the many adoption/foster care groups that I participate in. It was a simple question, “What’s your favorite adoption song?” Wow. The responses were incredible. I’ve had an adoption playlist on Spotify for a long time, but this morning…
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“Everyone who saw me or heard of me had good things to say about what I had done. When the poor cried out, I helped them; I gave help to orphans who had nowhere to turn. People who were in deepest misery praised me, and I helped widows find security.” Job 29:11-13 GNT In my…
Every Sunday for my entire childhood we would go to my grandmother’s house after church. We would pull in the driveway and grab our little brown grocery bags full of “play clothes” and run full-speed into the house to change so that we could get down to the real Sunday business of playing with our…