Over the past few months, I have joined hands with others in finding the gifts of gratitude that are woven into the fabric of my life–the tiny details that sometimes go unnoticed, but yet it’s those small details that really hold everything together. Just like gratitude, I must take the time to notice their intricacy and beauty. As everything seems Continue Reading →
I had these grand plans of only adding to her story once per week, but frankly, I can barely keep up with Him daily and I think I will forget a lot of amazing little things if I go that route. So let’s see if I can bring you along more often on the ride. Over the weekend, it came Continue Reading →
I am absolutely humbled that God would allow me to be a part of her story. As I tell her story time and again, I am so in awe of what He is doing and cannot figure out for the life of me why He’d want to involve me—us—our family! Probably the hardest people to share her story with are Continue Reading →
By the following Monday, we received an unofficial word that they would make an exception for a family with up to 5 children in the home—ha, ha! That would work just fine for us! One mountain down. By Tuesday we knew the next mountain we were up against. There were two other families in front of us. In these types Continue Reading →
Something about this particular little one stayed with me over the months. Even though the door was closed, I couldn’t shake her and quietly kept her in my heart, praying for her and wondering if she’d ever found a family. On a Monday morning a few weeks ago, The Driver and I discussed our thoughts about changing to another country Continue Reading →
As I wrestled and as the kids and I unpacked Isaiah 6, He used my children to encourage me to step out and trust Him. Of course the kids didn’t know any of the dialogue going on in my head, so imagine what I thought when I saw this one morning on Littlest One’s paper: And then imagine my thoughts Continue Reading →
Choosing where to start her story has been no easy task because I believe her story has been written into the fabric of our family for longer than we were previously aware, but looking back…she’s been there. We just didn’t see her until now. In an effort not to bore you with minute details, although some of those are important, I Continue Reading →
It was supposed to simply be a Saturday afternoon nap. A rare treasure I was relishing in. I was in a drowsy state of slowly drifting in and out of coherent thoughts when I had an epiphany. A light bulb moment. What my Daughter of Purpose needs most from me is to play with her. What? Play with her? Did Continue Reading →
I’m standing at the base of the stairs in our home, patiently watching my daughter… go up the stairs go down the stairs go up the stairs go down the stairs go up the stairs go down the stairs Continue Reading →
“The remedy is in the retina.” – Ann Voskamp Yesterday, as I was talking with the Lord and trying to iron out a few things in which I have been struggling, I shared with Him that I felt like I needed to see more of Jesus in my daily routines. I told Him of how I want to see Him, Continue Reading →