A Glimpse of Grace

One of the first Bible verses I ever learned was Psalm 118:24: This is the day which the Lord hath made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.  ...

Someone recently asked me what fostering was like. I immediately said, "Foster care is harder than I ever knew. And the blessings are b...

I have been involved in the adoption world for more than thirty years, having completed my first adoption in early 1987. All three of my a...

I need my sleep. Ask anyone in my family. My mother will tell you of the toddler who would fall asleep in her soup. My brother will tell you...

One regret I have (among many) in raising my older children is that I never taught them to pray. My own life was far from faith during the t...

I have never been so mindful of the adage, "It takes a village to raise a child," as I have been this month. We said "yes...

When Brad and I got married ten years ago (October 16, 2007), we never in a million years would have dreamed that we would celebrate ou...