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  • My Friend At Meijer

    I have a friend at Meijer. She is employed there while working on her degree in Criminal Justice. I get to see her in the checkout lane EVERY time I go. It’s one divine appointment after another. It all started one day when I complimented her hair, I had just taken out Mya’s first extensions Read more

  • Flying Home Alone : When We Expected A Finalized Adoption

    Flying Home Alone : When We Expected A Finalized Adoption

    Finally our appointments with the Judge and the Embassy had arrived! We had spent a chunk of week 2 in prayer and felt fully confident that the Lord’s favor was upon us. We just knew that the downhill slide was about to turn into an airplane ride home with our little man. Read more

  • The Call

    If you’re a foster parent or refugee caregiver, you know the call. “We have a _____year old child from ______ and we need to get him/her somewhere safe/secure by this weekend.” What the heck am I supposed to say!? Here’s my first thought: YES!!!!! Here’s my next thought: My husband’s going to kill me for Read more

  • Love at First Sight

    After two years of knowing we were going to West Africa “someday”, that day finally came! My husband and I were traveling for our 10th anniversary to love and serve the children at Exodus House Orphanage and see what God had planned. We took off on a forever long trip touching down on 3 different Read more

  • A Dream

    To begin with, let me tell you I have wanted to adopt from the time I was 10. I recently found an old journal from the 90’s where I confessed to wanting to adopt because #1 who wants to push a child out!? (eek!) and #2 our world is so full of children in need Read more

  • Waiting

    I know a boy whose smile lights up a room. This boy is so full of hope and anticipation and yet his eyes speak of wisdom.  He knows expectation and he knows disappointment. He knows love and loss and worry and joy. But oh that smile!  His deep dimples wash aside the fear I know Read more