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He Answered with a Rainstorm: Thankfullness for Family
July 5, 2010 – 12:00 pm | One Comment

I remember the prayers I used to say, staring out the window at the heat waves rising from the pavement.  The summer dirt opened up, parched and begging for rain.  I peered down deep and …

Feature writer: Carrie
February 2, 2010 – 10:13 am | 5 Comments

We’re doing something new here at Grown in My Heart…every month we’ll be featuring one of our writers (and eventually one of our amazing readers). Our first writer is Carrie from Signs of Hope, an …

Sleep Tight: A Night at the Foster Home
January 28, 2010 – 7:29 am | 3 Comments
Sleep Tight: A Night at the Foster Home

I often forget we work at an orphanage.

Amazed and Awed: View from an Adoption “Doula”
January 23, 2010 – 8:30 am | 2 Comments

It struck me the other day, as I sat with a new mom and dad as they met their adoptive daughter for the first time, that I’m a doula of sorts. Eyes wide with excitement and shining with glossy tears, the proud new parents watched their energetic toddler scamper across the room. Already she’d worked her way into their hearts, though they’d never met her in person until this moment.

The Orphan Next Door
November 26, 2009 – 12:24 pm | No Comment

Two steps and a knock from my front door, and I’m in an orphanage. We don’t call it an orphanage, but a rose by any other name is still a rose. No matter what we call it, Mommy and Daddy don’t come home at night.

Redemptive Response to Tragedy
September 3, 2009 – 8:00 am | 8 Comments

She’s not even 21 days old. She’s one of the most beautiful babies I’ve ever seen. Fine porcelain features, flawless skin, and full lips. She’s tiny, and her little fingers look so fragile that I’m …

The Other Family: Foster Parents’ Love
July 18, 2009 – 8:00 am | 6 Comments
The Other Family: Foster Parents’ Love

Twice this week I had the opportunity to be in the room when an adoptive family met their new child for the first time. It’s a beautiful moment from the perspective of the new mom and dad. But if you watch through the eyes of the foster mother, it’s heart-wrenching.

Unexpected Detour: how my eyes have been changed by orphans
May 23, 2009 – 8:01 am | 3 Comments

This wasn’t the life we had planned. When Jacob and I got married in August 2005, we had our own little version of an American dream to chase, and it didn’t involve living in a small Chinese village. I know it sounds crazy when we tell people that we quit perfectly good jobs in the USA, gave away or stored all of our belongings, and moved half-way across the world to become full-time volunteers.