I don’t feel like I’m a pessimist, but as I read back over so much of what I write about our family, I sound really depressed.  Or at least, I sound like I want to …

My son came home last night.  It’s been six weeks since I last saw him.  I’m really reaching right now to find the right angle for writing about this.  But, the truth is more boring.  …

Adoptive parents are a diverse crowd, and our children are just as diverse, so I don’t know that it’s completely fair to create a list of specific dos and don’ts and say “THIS is what love in adoption MUST look like.” But… but… some overall concepts are universally true. While we may not agree on every single detail, and I may not be right on every single point, I do believe that sharing my list – the things that God has placed on my heart – will help you think more about God’s Truth when it comes to your own call to adopt.

My son Kembe has been with us for five months now.   His adopt took three years, and we made frequent visits to Haiti to get to know him. Whenever we visited, we used to laugh …

I had lunch with a group of friends yesterday.  This is not just any random group – but a hastily assembled bunch of moms, met in various fashions and all moms through adoption.  There are …

Co-morbid doesn’t sound like a good word and really, it isn’t.  In the medical world that I live in, it means overlapping or happening together.  Many children/adults with RAD (reactive attachment disorder) are mis-diagnosed or …

Today’s Sunday Showcase comes from Thailand (a  country that I absolutely love, as my husband and I traveled there just before we got AJ’s referral). To read the second post in this series check out …

This is Part Two of a post on Attachment Therapy. Read Yesterday’s Post.
I marvel at the way Deborah draws as she talks.  Dimples eyes stay focused on the page as Deborah illustrates the situation she …

There was a time last year when I didn’t know if we could survive the impact that grief, loss, and trauma were   having on our family.  After 22 months of tumult, with the situation worsening, …

For me ( and only me; disclaimer disclaimer, etc) I would have to be a really unfeeling and shallow person to be able to just hand those new parents their new baby and go on with my life as if nothing had happened.