and it’s harder than hell. Those of you who are  infertiles like myself certainly know what I mean. My husband and I were lucky in that our conception journey was, by most standards, very short. We only tried to conceive for a year before we started the adoption process. Some couples, however,...

I recently read Pieces of Me: Who Do I Want to Be? Voices for and by adopted teens edited Robert L. “Bert” Ballard, (EMK Press November 2009) and I can’t wait to get my copy of it. It’s a timely and much needed book for adoptive and foster parents and adopted and fostered teens going...

I just finished reading (in record time) a memoir entitled Don’t Call Me Mother by Elizabeth Elias.  The story wraps from her youth and concludes with her healing from PAD (post adoption depression).  Elizabeth’s writing style quickly pulls you into her world and I found myself understanding...

I recently read Adopting Alesia: My Crusade for My Russian Daughter by Dee Thompson. It’s the story of a single mother who struggles through the international adoption process in Russia to bring home her 13 year old daughter. I found the actual emails and conversations to be quite interesting. The...

I was recently introduced to the new children’s book, Red in the Flower Bed: An Illustrated Children’s Story about Interracial Adoption, by Andrea Nepa. This gentle, rhyming children’s story tells of a poppy seed who blows out of her original garden in search of a place to bloom and...

It can feel overwhelming when your child first receives a learning difference diagnosis such as ADD/ADHD, Dyslexia or Sensory Processing Disorder.  Of Different Minds: Seeing Your AD/HD Child Through the Eyes of God by Maren Angelotti, M.A.T. reminds parents that God does not make mistakes, then guides...

Along Came You by Karona Drummond and illustrated by Estelle Corke (Zonderkidz, April 2009) 32 pages, hardcover “Before you, my home was decorated in style. After you, my home is decorated in love.” “Before you, I liked to watch the rain. After you, I like to dance in the rain.” “Before...