Yes! That is me today! A broken mama. Anybody else have a love/hate relationship with Mother’s Day? We took sweet pics over the weekend, and for the 24-48 hours when they were made, there was a time of reconciliation in our house. But truthfully, leading up to that day was a week of chaos, and… Read More
Our guest bloggers are family–kind of. Not the blood type, but the kind that you do life with—from celebrations to painful circumstances. We laugh together, cry together, and pray together. I’ve talked about my friend, Sam, in the past. We met in college and have been friends ever since. We were pregnant with babies a… Read More
I sure hope this months emphasis on Fostering/Adopting is giving your heart a pause. I hope you take time out of your busy, hectic, stressful holiday season and stop. Take a rest and think about the social orphans and widows who are lonely and wishing they had “family” to love on them in this season.… Read More
Our guest blogger and I have been friends for a while. We met in St. Marys at church, but we did life together as friends outside of church. They were in the Navy–so as many of our friends in the Kingsbay area did, they eventually left for other assignments. This is an example of Christian… Read More
Today we are going to get a little gritty. I have had this subject mulling in my head since the New York vote to allow late term abortions. This is not a debate on the abortion issue. This is a plea to my fellow sisters and brothers who proclaim to be Christ Followers and love… Read More
It has almost been 9 months since we added these precious girls to our family. I honestly can’t believe how much they have changed or how much we have changed! Someone who reads our blog asked me to do an update because they are getting ready to walk in our shoes. They are about to… Read More
That’s probably the first time I have said that in the week since we have returned from our trip to China. 🙂 AND if you look at the time this is being written–it should be–I’m wide awake at 2:25 AM!! I’ve already laid in the bed for an hour hoping to go back to sleep–but… Read More
After 18 hours on airplanes over a 26 hour period, we were all very glad to arrive in Jacksonville International Airport Last night at 9:17pm. Me, Julie, Zach, and Leighanne were ready to be home and sleep in our own beds, drink pure water, eat familiar foods, and see Austin and Jordan for the first… Read More
Praise the Lord we are home with our two new American Citizens! Ben
We are sitting at our gate in Hong Kong waiting to board our flight to Detroit any minute. For anyone who is interested…. our final leg of the flight is Delta Flight 735 from Atlanta to Jacksonville arriving in Jacksonville at 8:44pm. Ben
