I have five kids in school, so August is my new favorite month of the year as mom. Sure, summer beats every other season, but let’s face it- spending my days as camp counselor is exhausting. Summer resets us as Continue Reading
Should You Adopt or Foster?
Problems. Everywhere you turn they stare us in the face. People are hurting, broken, and lonely. Children are suffering, orphaned, and exploited. But what can I do? What should you do? I heard Kay Warren speak about the problem of orphans in our Continue Reading
Parenting: Why We Don’t Allow Our Kids to Say “I Know”
Parenting Two Sisters *I posted this story first in 2010 and, seven years later, we still talk about it often. One afternoon my two girls were playing together in the corner of the living room. I was sitting nearby and Continue Reading
5 Ways to Get Through Hard Days
*I originally wrote this in 2015, five months after we brought our two boys home from Brazil. I’m so glad I didn’t know then how much harder this road would be. I don’t think my heart could have handled it. Continue Reading