Trying to Shine

       A year ago today my husband and I went to the courthouse expecting to leave with a date on the calendar for adoption of our sweet, t...

 We did it!  We made it to 2021.  I have heard so many comments and shared so many memes like the one above, about how awful 2020 was: a wor...

For as long as I can remember I have faced a battle to be somebody.  I have shared here before that I grew up in some pretty rough circumsta...

Loss. Pain.  Grief. We have all experienced these. We have all felt the depths of emotions that go with these words. Sometimes that...

Being a parent is a hard job, and in my blog post  "Just A Foster Parent" I share some of the extra parenting challenge...

       This house is one I pass from time to time. The main part of the house is a sturdy brick and this part you see here must have...

Goodness, what a journey the Lord has taken us on!  If you have followed our foster care/adoption story at all you know that we have been...