On focusing on the call + getting help + learning to love and surrender

On placing a child for adoption + having compassion on birth moms + holding joy and pain together

On embryo adoption + loving in obedience + going into adoption with no understanding of trauma.

On the grief of goodbye + personal childhood trauma + being a part of bio parent's village.

On being flexible + changing the tone with your mom friends + supporting adoption without adopting

On losing your identity as a mom + experiencing loss through every stage + the privilege of adoption.

Friday Fifteen Installment #3

On feeling forgotten by God + pressing in through the wait + private domestic adoption.

Friday Fifteen Installment #2

On staying guarded + packing up and saying good-bye + talking adoption with your kids.

On adopting siblings + attaching through the unknown + learning on the journey.

On finding your identity as a foster mom + making casseroles + being the keeper of your foster child’s story

Friday Fifteen Installment #1

On infertility + budgeting your emotions + understanding the prodigal son

On adopting as an adoptee + being enough for your kids + mindfulness.

On the right child + undiagnosed health issues + post adoption depression.

On following God into the hard + unexpected adoption + residential treatment centers.

On failed adoption matches + life in a big family + self-care.

On special needs + waiting for adoption + playing the game of foster care.

On single momhood + helping foster families + serving as a CASA