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Category Archives: Learning

Traded Dreams…

My dear mom friend and author of the blog and book “Traded Dreams” is featuring an adoption story each weekView full post »

teaching them to mend…

I grew up in a home where we made the most of everything we had–and you didn’t throw anything away. If itView full post »

do you believe this???

I was singing the song “Enough” today–and it just hit me. Do you really believe this?? Do I reallyView full post »

Called to Walk by Faith…

I haven’t written very much about what is REALLY going on with me–but I feel today…on this sweet dayView full post »

Pray for Labstone…

I write tonight–and ask humbly for you to please join us in prayer for Wiphan’s headmaster Labstone Chanda.View full post »

Do you need refreshment?? Are you TIRED?

I am unwinding today from the AMAZING Hope at Home conference. There were about 70 people at the conference…and IView full post »

The Stark Family…

Please pray for the Stark family. They are an adoption family who live in Lawrenceville, Georgia. They have I believe 3View full post »

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 wisdomView full post »

The moments between the miracles…

I feel like my posts the last few weeks haven’t made much sense–as I pray for what is ahead but wait uponView full post »

500,000 visitor and a Psalm for the heart…He is our Fortress

Okay–first…if you SCROLL to the very bottom of my blog you can see the number of visitors since I put thatView full post »

Living for the Kingdom means dying to my flesh…dying to this world

I hate war movies. My husband, on the other hand, loves them. Watching Band of Brothers with him…may be his loveView full post »

Journey with the Magi (a new family tradition) and a WHITE Christmas!

Last year, I spent some time studying the journey of the Magi, and just like my recent post on Joseph (a must read onView full post »

Scripture for my heart today…

1 Thessalonians 5… “Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, for you know veryView full post »

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 youView full post »

Your love O LORD…reaches to the heavens…

I have to be honest and say Friday was a tougher day of our adoption journey for us. Now that Isaac is legally ours&#View full post »

Butterfly day…

A couple of weeks ago, Parker’s class had butterfly day in his Pre-K class. They had fed caterpillars for weeks&#View full post »

Trusting and waiting…and day by day in the mean time

Life in the Young home is keepin’ on keepin’ on, and no matter how upbeat I sound in my blog entries as ofView full post »

A sweet night…

After a long day…God had a sweet night in store for me. I was sitting in my back yard with Frank—enjoyingView full post »