Adoption Story: A Different View

(Earlier this week I received an email from a reader who started her message this way, "BOY! I love how the Lord brings things front and center. I found your blog via pinterest, via your cookbook.... saw your button about adoption and well, here I … [Read more...]

Our Adoption: Two Years Later

This coming Saturday marks the two-year anniversary of Lindsey's adoption finalization. Two years since she became our daughter. It seem like so long ago -- and yet, it seems so recent. I've written about this journey all through the past two … [Read more...]

Foster Story: Guest Post by Laura

(Thank you to Laura for today's guest post! Visit her blog to follow along with her family's story: Living and Learning in Kentucky) Why We Became Foster Parents By Laura Witten I have always had a heart for children, and as my childhood dreams … [Read more...]

What I Would’ve Done

school bus

As I've said, I felt clearly that the Lord wanted us to send Lindsey to public school this year, but I will admit that I am having a hard time with it. I have peace in the fact that I'm obeying God, but it's still hard. I send her away for the … [Read more...]

Fostering Hope: A Devotional

Fostering Hope devotional

This week, I began a new daily devotion on YouVersion. It's written very specifically to help the reader experience God's heart for foster kids. So I started reading, in the midst of learning last week about an 11-year-old boy in foster care (who … [Read more...]