Almost 20 years ago, when my man and I married we never would’ve imagined that the vest of a service dog would hang in our entry way. Well, I guess there’s a lot of things I could list off that we never expected. If you’ve followed our story for a length of time, you know that just Little E alone Continue Reading →
Here I am, sitting down to write. We’ll see how long this lasts. Life is always full here in our home, but the past few years, especially this last one have really made it feel a bit more like a full that is busting at the seams. Sometimes in a good way, sometimes not so much and then there’s all Continue Reading →
You ever have one of those experiences in life where you wonder what in the world you were thinking when you signed up? Ya, that’s me this week. Our new church, a place of safety and healing, is having their Summer Extreme Days. Extreme they are. Our whole family is either serving or participating for 3 hours every day, plus Continue Reading →
Between the school year coming to a close and all the paperwork that requires, fundraising for Little E’s Autism Service Dog and life in general, I find myself unable to carve out to time to write. Instead, I’ve beenjournaling our life through the lens of my camera.For the sake of keeping it real…here’s a bit from our highlight reel. Pawsitive Continue Reading →
A week ago today, my DOP got to enjoy one of those rare moments where the spotlight was on her, not the braces on her legs. Thank you, Special Kids Rodeo and Break the Barriers. She needed that.
Some people may say that I should protect my daughters’ stories. I get that. By no means do I share any of DOP’s “dirty laundry” in order to humiliate or make fun of her. Instead, my heart is to put my life raising a child with FASD into the best words that I can so that others can learn. Often Continue Reading →
Before I figured out what was going on with DOP, I remember thinking that I was crazy with my observations. And unfortunately, I spent much too much time being angry with her and thinking not too kindly of my own child. I felt like I was raising the biggest idiot on the planet. I loved her, but this put a Continue Reading →
Many years ago when we began the journey to add to our family through adoption, we knew God was leading us to Eastern Europe. We considered all of the countries that were open to American adoptions, the cost, the travel, time required in-country and more. There was one more thing we needed to consider, but I’m not sure we understood Continue Reading →
As life would have it, as soon as I wrote out the continuation to her story, she decided that her life was not interesting enough. She must’ve thought we were bored and decided to show off her climbing skills by hopping the fence into our neighbor’s yard right under my nose! It was my turn to keep an eye on Continue Reading →
“There’s only one address anyone lives at and it’s always a duplex: Joy and pain always co-habit every season of life.” ~ Ann Voskamp Even in the midst of my large, crazy family I manage to read quite a bit. It used to be whole books in large chunks of time. Now it’s snippets wherever and whenever I can grab Continue Reading →