Parental authority, what is that anyway. Quickly approaching 1 year in the good ole US of A and we can certainly see that parenting is more difficult than once expected. They all have little quirks that can irritate to no end. Sometimes we think God forgot to properly attach their ears to their little bodies. …
Since I wrote about our compassion experience yesterday, I thought I would take a minute to share a video that I found in my feedreader the other day. (ht www.thinkchristian.net) God is bigger than everything. Merry Christmas.
I sit here today with a heavy heart. I have looked high and low, searched far and wide and yet I feel alone. No I am not lonely, I am excited about my life. However, when I scour the web looking for information and support related to adoption. I end up running into …
Link: International Adoption :: International Adoption Agency. Adoption is one of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted things in parenthood. Bad press, like corrupt social services, media that has the motto “if it bleeds, it leads,” and people that feel like having adopted children is like being a second class citizen. Recently our county, city, and …
Ten Months together, today marks exactly 10 months that we’ve been together. This is thanksgiving day and we couldn’t be more excited that it marks 10 months with our children. There are many reasons to give thanks this thanksgiving and I will list our top 10. 10. We have survived our 1st ten months of …
Link: Christian Adoption Blog – TV Show About Older Child Adoption. What is the difference between older child adoption and adopting infants/toddlers. There is varied opinions on what constitutes older child adoption. No matter the flavor, international or domestic adoption I would say that older child adoptions include but are not limited to those that …
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What are we doing? What must the kids be thinking? Who are we? All these questions popped into our head as we were preparing to meet our kids when we arrived in Colombia. Just today “SuperMami” (my name for my beautiful wife ‘mami’ is pronounced mommy) told me what “Mowgli” (our name for our oldest …
What sticks out the most in the bible about adoption. Is it the many verses that come to mind about God loving us and accepting us as part of his family, like I’ve talked about before? Is it the idea that you receive all the benefits of heaven despite your sinful nature? I …
“It is the cry of my heart to honor you, it is the cry of my heart worship you…” this contemporary worship song continues on to describe our heart for worshiping God. What exactly is the cry of the orphan? Love, Hope, and Home. My previous job taught me many things about children, …