I’m going to talk about what people don’t often talk about within the foster care and adoption world. Sure, it will be mentioned in passing, but it truly is a bit of a taboo subject that is mostly glossed over. And what I share might make you uncomfortable or even angry. And you might think I’m a beast because what… Read More
If you choose the road of foster care and adoption, you are choosing pain, brokenness, and sorrow. You are choosing sleepless nights and exhausting days. You are truly loving the least of these, but with it comes pain. You are willingly unpacking baggage filled with loss, shame and fear with every child that enters your home and it will spread… Read More
He may never walk..far more disabling is if he walks all over someone weaker. He may never speak…far more impaired if he speaks cruel and unkind words. He might never live on his own…a bigger failure if he lives only for himself. He may never act like all the other children…much sadder world if his actions cause hurt to another’s… Read More
I crept with trepidation and fear towards the darkness. I peered with weary eyes over the ledge and my soul lurched. With trembling hands I reached out and embraced the broken, and my heart cried “Where are you God”. I held the boy whose bones fought to escape thin skin, whose heart fought to remain beating. I touched the boy… Read More