Category: hope
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From Disappointment to Hope: Trusting God’s Love
My son asked for some of my candy bar. I gave him a piece of it. He responded with. “I love you mom.” My question for him was, “Do you still love me when I say no?” See I’ve found his love to feel more than a bit conditional. I…
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Essential Tips for Foster Parents on Court Days
As a foster parent, when I prepare for a day spent in family court this is what I do. First, let’s pack the bag. Included in this bag are: 1.) Snacks/food. First, I consider the child I am taking with me (usually a baby 0-2 years.) Second, I consider myself.…
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From Heartbreak to Happiness: My Foster Care Story
Just the other day: I was busy getting my youngest ready for a field trip to a local pumpkin patch. I was thinking only of getting our lunches together, and getting out the door on time. As I drove, it hit me. I’ve been to this pumpkin patch before. The…
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Dreamer.
When you think of dreamers do you think of people who don’t live in reality? Do you think of Joseph in the bible, having dreams, interpreting dreams, and being sold into slavery because of a dream? I wonder how many of us are dreamers, but no one knows because we…
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When will she walk out singing?
She took her time coming to the door. I heard voices, but couldn’t make out what they were saying. We wait. We push another button, maybe that’s the doorbell. We wait. I move to resort to knocking. Now, the door opens and the one I came to see is there!…
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I am a plan B mom.
On this day in 2015 I danced with Anne Marie to the sound of a lady singing karaoke, as that lady did every night of the week while we were in Nanjing, China. A whole group of ladies would join in, and they would sing and dance for hours into…
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Sound of Hope: The True Pain, but also the HOPE found on the road of Fostering and Adoption
My husband, my two oldest children (13, and 12 years old), my parents, my in-laws, a close friend, and myself went to the early release of this movie, in June. I don’t know what it would feel like to watch that movie not having walked the road we have walked,…
The Road to You 