Inspirational

  • Children of God {Third Day}

    I love this band…but I have to say I just adore the families who make it up. They are authentic. They have hearts that beat to the Savior’s. And their song “Children of God” reminds me why families called to adoption jump through the hoops they do, why they wait for years for one, and […]

  • Cast Your Cares on the Lord

    At the Created for Care retreat I opened up the weekend sharing what I believe I see the Lord doing…on behalf of orphans and widows throughout the world. I see God raising up men and women to follow Jesus into the unknown–to bring hope and healing to orphans and widows THROUGH OUT THE WORLD. Not […]

  • Unfailing Love (…a reminder through the story of Hosea)

    These past few weeks have been tough at our house–and one day I will share more…but right now–I’ll just say that the roller coaster ride of adoption doesn’t end when you bring your baby home. It just begins. But in a beautiful way…because that is when healing begins too. Healing though–is hard…especially for little ones […]

  • Rest for the Weary (a time for everything…including whoopie pies)

    As I’m working with an amazing team of adoption moms…WAY AHEAD of me–so full of experience and wisdom…on a VERY special pre-Summit event, I have been praying WHAT Lord do you have for these moms…WHAT do you want them to hear? I was praying today–and being ONE OF THOSE MOMS in the middle of it […]

  • Live, Laugh, Love (Encouragement for the crazy mom)

    If you are reading this–you are probably one of those moms that peaks at my blog because in some form you identify with our craziness. It’s a good crazy, right? You probably don’t really have “time” to sit down and read–but rather need a quick fix of encouragement…not necessarily from the words I write but […]