Adoption and parenting journey of a mom of 7
Easter, combined with precious and treasured Leora and Mohale’s birthdays this weekend, cause my grateful heart to flash back to darkness…. Treasures in darkness. Anxiety shook me to the ground outside our home at 2am. Looking up desperately through damp fog towards the dark, starry sky as […]
They aired our updated story! How did my broken, anxious heart, get to be their mom? Gratefulness burst from within as we watched for the first time. Link: Local family adopts 4 children We needed our children- They changed our world. Thanking God today for each one who poured into our son’s as we pursued […]
Little cowboys💕. This tower where they play was built by a man who knew the pain of being an orphan. He told us of his childhood spent behind bars of an orphanage. He’d felt the ripping, bloody loneliness of abandonment and vulnerability. Peering through iron bars as a child, his ache felt some remnants of […]
Link: Sierra and Alyssa Now Part of a Big Family I’m nervous and reminiscing with a full heart today as we prepare for CBS-8 to do an updated profile on our family. Is this really happening? We are imperfect, broken and my heart often trembles and feels weak…We are the ones who could have easily […]
Merry Christmas! 🎄 Our precious kids helped us to taste this: He came to be broken and give all to adopt us while we were broken and before we even knew of Him. True love. He pursues, and loves me and you incredibly- in our brokenness. “When the set time had fully come, God […]
This is hard. No. It feels impossible. Tears fall. My sobs are ugly and pathetic in this hiding place. Parenting beloved children who seem to resist connection with all-their-might is deeply painful. How!!? How do we keep on keeping on!!!?? How can I endure two hour tantrums, hateful glares, raging loud […]
“You are ugly.” I heard that often as a child. “RBU,” short for “Redhead Bucked-tooth Ugly,” became my childhood nick name at school. Now I’m a 49 year old mom of my own 7 children- Each uniquely designed by the Master of Creation… Yesterday was “Red Head Day” and our precious […]
One year with Mohale! Today as we celebrate one year with Mohale, My heart flashes back… “Let’s move forward towards adoption” I recall that moment crystal clear- Tears dripped from my chin as David’s gently spoken words sounded like a miracle. His words felt like a miracle because, timing was illogical by human standards- on […]
October 27, 2016 Happy Birthday Alyssa! You are a beloved miracle… You are a miracle- A TREASURED GIFT And we are deeply in love with you. Someone got into the glitter<3 I love adoption. Children are worth a shattered heart. She was placed into our hearts and arms 6 years ago this week. She […]
I am weak. Often this bathroom becomes a place to cry, pray and regroup from discouragement. Courage is hard. Gratefulness that He is strong brings hope that breaks into our weary hearts. I’ve slipped into despair- even though we’ve been so abundantly rich with gifts- 7 children, a miracle home, a job, 4 adoptions […]
