Why We Foster and Adopt Children

The other week was tough. I’m not going to lie. We got a call over the weekend that our adopted son’s biological mom had just died. Did I know any relatives they could call to notify? they wondered. I did not. Kyle and I spent the weekend praying about how our son...

Google Addiction

Worry. I’m awakened by sobs on the baby monitor, pitiful coughing cries mixed with long, wheezing breaths. Sighing, I glance over at the clock. 2:38 a.m. The baby is sick, and this is the third time tonight that she’s woken up. I stumble, zombie-like, to her bedroom....

Heart Condition

The human heart is a mystery. Science is able to study the inner workings of this intricate organ and understand its physiology. The intrigue comes when we look at the heart as the keeper of our emotions. For example, what does it mean when we say our...

Broken

Reaching for the right word was challenging. I couldn’t quite grasp a description of how I was feeling. One word kept coming to mind. As I repeatedly brushed it aside, it came back like a boomerang. Broken. It was one word I didn’t want to embrace. Yet, it was the...

The Hardest Question

My husband and I recently returned from a mission trip to Swaziland, Africa. When a person comes home from a trip such as this, the obvious question from friends is “How was your trip?” Even after nine mission trips I find this an incredibly hard question to answer....