Ten years ago, when we were bringing our sweet Jubilee home we knew she would likely be our first lifer….meaning we would get to keep her forever.  Of course we didn’t make the decision lightly.  We knew what it would mean, yet, with so many orphans waiting for homes how could we pretend we hadn’t…

Dw, Nehemiah and Isaiah have been in Uganda for the last couple of weeks.  While they’ve been gone we have partied our hearts out.  Kidding, of course.  The kids have been passing around the flu and horrible colds.  Even Ruby has been sick – which when I told Savannah that Ruby was sick she was…

This morning our dear friends, Pastor Danny and Calley Reed (and their nine children) lost their home and belongings to a horrific fire. Their home was built in the 1800s and they had been diligently working restoring it, little by little.  What a tragic loss. Dw, the kids and I were there 2.5 years ago…

Two weeks ago Dw drove to another city with two of our sons on a very important mission. It’s a long story and as they left that city they thought the mission had been accomplished. Imagine our surprise when five days later we received a letter that the mission had been rejected and it was…

I’ll be honest I hesitated to write this post.  I’ve actually vacillated back and forth all day long.  Why?  Because I think with loss many probably think, “Oh just get over it.  It was a long time ago, no one died and you should be all done with grief.” But honestly friends grief sneaks up…

Did you ever experience something that is so over-the-top-astonishing that you just know you will talk about it for the rest of your life?  Today is the anniversary of this very personal story and although I have shared this a few times before … I am compelled to tell the story again.     **********************************…

Each summer we head to New York on our annual journey to the old home place where Dw and his three brothers grew up. The early 1900s-something white farmhouse (with its delightful front and back porches) will forever hold countless memories for all of us.  We are incredibly grateful his brother Dan bought it when…

Happy New Year precious friends!! Don’t know about you, but we were thankful to see 2019 end.  Personally speaking it was a hard one for our family. Of course there were many highlights of joy but for real – there were some real doozies too.  I was telling one of our friends the other day…

It was probably about March of 2008, just months after bringing Isaiah home, that we caught a glimpse of her precious face. That was it – we were undone and our world would never be the same again. Reading through her file we found enough information that we knew she would likely be our first…

There is not much more wonderful to this Mimi and Boppa than having one or more of our grands sitting at the breakfast counter.  And of course, “sugar cereal” is a rare, but exciting, treat!   Recently Emma, Teddy and sweet little Lincoln came for an appointment.   It was only Emma’s third time home in seven…