I have always assumed that there would be one more. That we had one more child coming our way. Always. Why not? I remember the day that we left the hospital with our 3rd baby and we took the always exciting family photo outside of the hospital before we headed home as a family of… Continue reading →
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This idea of a calling is a big one. I have this notion that a calling on my life will only be a big one. That if God really has a calling for me its only a ‘real calling’ if its huge. It must be right? If God has come a callin’ its because he…
Read MoreThursday, December 1st 2016. We can look to our future with courage because our future is Christ. -she reads truth advent study 2016 I’m having a hard time reconciling the idea that all of those years as a child spent pretending that I had a black adopted son were actually holy. It’s a weird concept…
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Just finished the Home Study phone call to run though everything…. holy overwhelmed. It’s so much information and paperwork. I keep saying “holy homestudy!” And maybe this actually is holy? Maybe this hard because Gods will is so often hard? Maybe this hurts and we delve into our deepest pieces of our lives because the…
Read MoreMarch 21, 2016. “Do not let me be scared out of your will” That is me right now. It’s not that I think brining home more children is outside of Gods will for us, it’s just paralyzingly terrifying. Yesterday, on the first Day of Spring 2016, I sent an inquiry email to an adoption agency. I…
Read MoreIt was decided at 6:24 am on Friday January 27th 2017 while Daren was standing in the shower and I was brushing my teeth. We get to adopt from Haiti!!!!! It’s so funny. I was excepting some big moment. Some big life changing conversation where I would laugh and cry. In reality Daren was in […]
Read MoreIt doesn’t make sense. It is not at all a practical thing to do. This is what I said to myself back in March of 2015. I am not someone who people would readily refer to as practical. I’ve gotten a lot more practical as a mother and since being married to a very practical…
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