I’ve had a number of questions about how school is going for Scout, how we made the decision to enroll her in school, and so on. Now that we’re halfway through the school year, it’s a good time to address all that. We’ve been homeschooling for 11 years and I’m still as pro-homeschooling as ever. […]
older-child adoption
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. […]
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 […]
Love & self-worth
Every time I go for a run I have moments when I feel like a rock star and moments I question my sanity for ever deciding to run, but I never fail to have plenty to think about. Recently, I was contemplating my form as I ran, and noticed that I make an effort to […]
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 […]