Five years ago, I helped put together a devotional, specifically for fostering/adopting moms. Never would I have imagined that five years later, I’d be re-reading the book as part of its target audience. This week I’m sharing the thoughts of my friend Tonja. She and her family lived with us during a portion of their fostering […]
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10 Common Myths About Foster Care
Whenever someone finds out we are foster parents, we typically hear the following responses: “You’re a better person than me.” “I could never do that.” “Wow. You’re amazing!” “The world needs more people like you.” When I respond in ways that challenge those statements, I’m typically presented with lots of myths about foster care. Let […]
“Where there’s a WE, there’s a way.”
I recently heard this statement and decided it’s the best way to describe how I feel about a lot of really important issues: Where there’s a WE, there’s a way. At IF: Gathering 2019, psychiatrist Curt Thompson said this: Our brain is more than happy to do lots of things that are really difficult, as […]
Created for You
Over the weekend, I had the honor of speaking at the Created for You Retreat put on by Northway Christian Community in Pittsburgh. It was such a life-giving experience for me to be able to encourage the foster and adoptive moms gathered there. We first began our foster care journey a little over a decade […]
If you wouldn’t say it about a boob job…
We got some pretty strange looks and heard some ridiculous statements when we were doing foster care. While I could handle most comments, we cared for school-age kids who absolutely felt the pain of those words and the sting of the stares. Working with adopting families here in Nicaragua has reinforced how clueless we can […]