Memorial Box Monday – The Robbery

Sometimes when we are recalling the things that the Lord has done, we see His protection as well as finding what some of His purposes were for a particular situation. A few years back, when we were pastoring in Virginia, Autumn, Emma, Graham and Liberty had gone with me to Richmond to take Tyler to…

Uh-oh

OH my. Yesterday afternoon I had to go somewhere. I was gone for several hours. When I returned home I went to moderate comments for the picture I had posted of Elijah and Jubilee. As I was reading the comments I thought, “Hmmm. Why are so many people commenting on a previous post?” My church…

Chuggin’ Along

For six years we have lived here…but we have never had the opportunity to ride the train. People come from all over the world to ride our train. The views are spectacular and the train is powered by coal….and has been riding the tracks for a zillion years….well our little boys have been asking if…

Liberty’s New Look

Our girl is sportin’ a new look. None of our others have ever had braces {not that some couldn’t have used them} but really Liberty’s situation was that she desperately needed them {three rows of teeth on the bottom – just for starters!} She was so excited as the orthodontist was getting everything set! Each…

What If My Husband Isn’t Into It?

Something is on my heart that I need to share. We’ll be back next week with another Memorial Box Monday. I’m sorry for any inconvenience. I’ve gotten literally dozens and dozens and dozens of letters from women asking something like this: What if my husband isn’t into adoption? or What if my husband doesn’t want…

The Front Page

We woke up this morning to find that somewhere along the way, completely unbeknownst to any of us, a photographer from the local paper had snapped a picture of Emma walking with the Blue Star Moms in the parade. Emma was carrying the picture of a young man serving, whose parents/family were unable to attend…