So last week I gave you a little one-photo teaser, but now that our big kids and grands have all left town, I’ve got time to properly tell all about Lindsey’s beach wedding. Consider yourself warned: photo-heavy post. NOT SORRY! 😉 Yes, we photographed the wedding. I took the getting-ready photos, and stepped in when […]
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Real Mom
It’s been seven years since I became an adoptive mom. At that time, Ken and I each had a biological child and Lindsey became our third child. Brandon was 18, Kathryn was 9, and Lindsey was just shy of 15. Look at those baby faces, all of us. Golly, we had a lot to learn. […]
Four years in: parenting adopted kids
From the backseat, with Kathryn at the wheel chauffeuring us for our errands, my youngest boy tells us, I like this family. Y’all are my favorite family I’ve ever had. Kathryn and I exchange a quick look and I pause a second to wonder what exactly goes through that little head of his and what […]
Adoption: greatest hits collection
In honor of National Adoption Month, I’ll be remixing, revisiting, and resharing some of my previous posts on the topic. If you’re a longtime reader, you already know this is an issue close to my heart. If you’re new, or if you (like me) tend toward a little motherhood-induced amnesia occasionally, I’ll tell our story […]
Advice on adopting a teen: Reader Q&A
Balancing what I share publicly and what I don’t is always tricky, especially when it comes to our adoptions. I always want to provide a rainbow-and-unicorn free place to talk about adoption, especially older-child foster adoption, since that’s our area of experience. (I was going to say “expertise” but I’ve come to believe no one […]
How to change the world
Several years ago, a friend and I were discussing mission trips and ministry, and as the mom of several small children, she wondered at what point in life she might ever be able to do anything like that. I, as a mom of older kids (since this was before we once-again had young kids), reminded […]