Inspirational

  • What Life is REALLY All About…

    My husband and I were just enjoying a cup of decaf and began discussing football (if you KNOW US you are really wondering WHY we are discussing football!). Well, we live in the South–and it’s the land of college football, but we, honestly, think it’s crazy (sorry football fans–we just don’t get it! I know, […]

  • Getting back to the basics…

    A few days ago, I felt worn out. Okay–even yesterday I still felt that way. I had been “holding it together” for awhile and even the added craziness to our lives I had chosen to be excited about…the therapies and helping our little man achieve new goals. Then, one thing followed another…fevers, ER visits, UTIs, […]

  • Meet the Dockery Family… (and a DOUBLE give away!)

    Earlier this month I had the pleasure to “meet” Abby, another adopting mommy, when she commented on my blog. Something grabbed my attention and we started cooresponding. THEN, the Holy Spirit must have just laid on my heart to LEARN MORE…so I started asking questions–and I am SO glad I did!!! I want to introduce […]

  • Take my breath AWAY…

    Wanna know the ONE other thing that melts my heart besides the heart of orphan? The heart of the widow. I do believe you will read in scripture—that these two melt the heart of our God too. My friend, Shannon, is in Zambia right now loving on both orphans and widows. This post from Sunday […]

  • From orphans to sons…

    As I sit here in my QUIET house (thank you momma for taking the older 3!)…with classical music softly playing and my 11 month old baby napping–I am taken back by the transformation work of the Lord. I stand over Isaac Temesgen’s bed watching him sleep–getting him to sleep was no easy task this morning. […]