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The joy left my home. For a year? Two Years? I’m not even sure how long it was- it’s all a blur. My home- my joy-filled, restful,...

I was reading my devotions this morning and was really encouraged by this scripture in Psalm 40:1-2 which says, "I waited patiently for...

I sat in my carport feeling a bit miserable and a little sorry for myself. It was a beautiful December day and there I sat in my t-shirt,...

Happy National Adoption Awareness Month!! To those who have adopted; I want to thank you. For those who haven’t, and are thinking about...

Before I even begin on a topic that is so hot right now... I'd love to begin in prayer. God, I truly want every single word typed out to...

There are so many reasons why people are involved with foster care. For my husband and me the reason was the gospel. God placed desires...

I don't even know how to begin. We found out this morning that our son's birth mom passed away. So many thoughts have ran through my mind...

"You're a mean mommy!!!" Ouch. Those words hurt. But those words were yelled at me tonight as I was trying to help my adopted son get a...

When things get hard in life we all tend to react!! Most often we desire to stop doing that “hard thing”. We want to just give up, walk...

2,026 days in foster care and today Madison Smith and Hannah Threadgill OFFICIALLY have a forever family!! I know a lot of people don’t...

Will you follow Him anywhere? I can easily say “yes” but when it comes down to God asking me to do things I really don't WANT to do... I...

A Year of discipleship, a lifetime of Hope "Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house...

I remember 14 years ago, when I was a Teacher's Assistant, at Graham Elementary School. I was doing a project with my Kindergarten...

Hope noun. a feeling of expectation for a certain thing to happen. a feeling of trust. The word hope has always been fairly commonplace...

2,026 days in foster care and today Madison Smith and Hannah Threadgill OFFICIALLY have a forever family!! I know a lot of people don’t...

When I looked at this picture, I just cried. Not often do I think about when I was a baby, or about good memories with my biological...

It’s been said that being bitter is like drinking poison and expecting someone else to die. It destroys families, marriages, companies,...

“It takes special people to do what you do”, is a phrase that we hear often when we tell others that we are foster parents. Honestly, we...

Around this time last year, my family and I were packing up bags and suitcases to say goodbye to a precious little boy who had been in...

A considerable amount of our lives can be summarized as time spent waiting. Whether it is waiting in line, on the phone, to grow up, to...