*I’m doing a short series to highlight and process things I’ve learned in our adoption process–and since. I’m calling it IMHO (In My Humble Opinion), because I’m SO not a professional, I’m not proposing my opinion is always the right one or the only one, and I’m even saving room for the possibility in the […]
If you’re just checking in, I’m starting a series about things I have learned in the adoption process–and since. I’m calling it IMHO (In My Humble Opinion), because I’m not a professional, I’m not proposing my opinion is always right, and I’m even saving room for the possibility in the future that my mind could […]
**IMHO = “In my humble opinion,” in case you are not up on the text acronym lingo. I’ve been very honored and excited to talk to a handful of potential adoptive parents in the last year or so. I am glad that my big mouth and loud blog fingers have not turned people away from […]
Monday is my grocery day. It has been for years. But it’s MONDAY, as I mentioned, so things are usually crazy, cranky and chaotic. I barely get the kids to school without losing my mind or doing the demon-mommy arm grab while talking through gritted teeth, then I bring Asher home and let him […]
Wow. As I cut and paste the second half of this treasure, (you can find part ONE here) I’m overwhelmed with the sheer quantity of lessons learned. Pace yourself, because it’s a lot of information, but it is SO VALUABLE!When I was praying about this speaking engagement, I kept asking God to place on my […]
Recently I was honored to be asked to speak at a moms group at a friend’s church. They have an awesome and active young moms group, extremely well organized with over 50 moms! I’ve been doing a little bit more speaking lately, so I was feeling good about it until I heard the […]
This last weekend, Trent and I were finally able to attend a conference for adoptive (and foster) parents, and we went TOGETHER! It was the Refresh Conference at Overlake Christian Church outside of Seattle, and it was amazing! No wonder they are calling it the “Called to Love for Couples.” OK, I’m the only one […]
I dig lyrics. Instrumental music has it’s time and place for my relaxation, but I like me some songs with words. They stick with me. I have no gift for song-writing; believe me I’ve tried and it was not pretty. They were all mostly of the “roses are red, violets are blue” category. Speaking of, […]
Some of you know that human trafficking has become a “cause” for me. I really don’t know why, other than the more I learn, the more I feel ill. The FBI statistics show that humans, primarily young women, are being bought and sold–most often for $ex–around the world. This is happening in the US. This is […]
I was looking back over my f@cebook posts from the year and it was a great snapshot of our lives in 2013. Granted, one must take into consideration the fact that it focuses on the fun and happy, not the ugly. But just know that there was some ugly in 2013 too. I decided to […]