Six of Ours
For those who aren’t on Facebook I wanted to share what I posted yesterday morning: Yesterday was an unbelievable day of celebration for our family as we had the joy of participating as six of our sweet pile were baptized. Each wrote their own powerful testimony, some sharing very vulnerable things of their pre-coming home…
A Very Personal Story of Domestic Violence
Warning: The following is explicit, forthright and heartfelt after living through this with someone close to us. The name was changed to protect her innocence. It has taken me months to write this post because of the reality behind it. Yet I share this in hopes of encouraging someone else and also because this is…
All 1,512+ Pieces!!
All 1,512+ pieces made it!! Last Monday three sweet women and myself checked into the SkyHarbor airport loaded with four pediatric wheelchairs wrapped (by Dw – he’s my hero) in gently used cloth diapers, diaper inserts and shrink wrap. Hey when each item is allowed to weigh 50 pounds – we take that literally… so…
The Life-Changing Lemon Tree
Birdie’s Big Day!
Well it’s official – our little Miss Birdie Bee is 7-years-old!! Seven!! Although Birdie doesn’t really understand what a birthday is, and she is unable to say “seven” (or most words for that matter) she sure knew what I meant when I told her, “It’s going to be Birdie’s birthday and we will sing (and…
When They Heard the Screaming…
The Wrong Way Driver
It Will Be the First Time
“Wait! What?”
There’s no doubt that large adoptive families often create a lot of curiosity. In fact we’ve had quite a few question aloud over the years, “Do they really all get along as much as it looks like they do?” Well truthfully, that question makes me smile big because does anyone really think that we could…