I have much to write about and tell you. Yet, when I sit here all I can think about are the 143 million+ orphans around the world that need forever families. The over 1/2 million kids in the US foster care system that need their families loved on and repaired. The over 100,000 that can’t…
Tag Archive: Foster care
What lies beneath
Emotions are raw. Tears threaten to spill over. Good bye is never easy, even if it is a perfectly normal part of life. Shayla leaves for nursing school tomorrow {her first plane ride} and Jason leaves for basic training on Monday. As my pastor’s wife {and good friend} pointed out on Sunday, a…
The Privilege of Now
I am not always thankful. I had even considered skipping this post this week, to be completely transparent. A rough week in physical therapy, emotions on edge over some family drama, preparing for family vacation, graduation for Jason, etc, etc, etc. and I have felt overwhelmed and at times, downright ungrateful. I look at my…
God sets the lonely in families…
Many of you know that orphans (and to me this is any child without parents- foster children or orphans in Ethiopia) have always been a passion of mine. Now, reading Radical, has lit a fire under that passion once again. Reignited the passion of my heart in a way that can’t and won’t burn out. Yes,…
Reece’s Rainbow
I have always had a heart for children. Children without loving families. Children with special needs. When I first started blogging I discovered the website, Reece’s Rainbow. This is a ministry serving the needs of children around the world with Down Syndrome and other special needs, helping them find their forever families. While it was…
Children Count Too!
Every child loves a good game of hide and seek. There are the fun butterflies they get in their tummies when they’re waiting to be discovered and the pride they feel when they’re able to count to ten and then yelling, “Ready or not, here I come!” But children who are hidden from the U.S….
Suffer the little children…
As most of you know I have a passion for parentless children. Whether that be orphans in Haiti or foster children here in the United States, I believe in the promise of Psalm 68:6 where the Bible says: God sets the lonely in families… I love that verse. If you want to be further inspired…
What is this blog for anyway?
Image by frances1972 via Flickr I arrived home from Blissdom with a heavy heart. Mind you, I had a fabulous time (with a capital F) and learned a lot. I also realized that I had strayed from my passions- the passions that led me to start this blog in the first place almost two years…
Expect the Unexpected
Today for Thankful Thursday, our host Lynne chose the theme of being thankful for the unexpected. Ha! That could be the theme of my life so I decided to do a little time line post of how God took the unexpected (to me, not to Him) and worked it for good in my life. Time…
Somebody to love me….
Wondering if you are worth anything to anyone… Wondering if anyone cares about your future…. Wondering if this is what the rest of your life will look like… Wondering if there is a point to even trying to do your best because no one is there to notice…. I will never forget the year+ that…
