I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get into bed, exhausted, then toss and turn for hours before finally falling asleep. My brain just goes and goes. Thinking of all those things I didn’t finish that day, or topics I want to write about, or someone I was going to call and forgot. Nothing…… Continue reading Yahweh Can Use the Flawed and Broken
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Keeping Marriage Healthy While in the Trenches!
During one of the final re-writes of Adoption Combat Zone a friend asked me if Tom and I had ever contemplated divorce during the midst of the craziness in our home. I quickly answered no. Later, I thought more deeply about what she asked. Then added this to the book: Marriage A friend asked me…… Continue reading Keeping Marriage Healthy While in the Trenches!
Please Don’t Touch Me! Parents Being Abused!
I’m telling you right off the bat that this subject infuriates me more than just about anything else. I can almost feel my blood boil when I stumble across a story about it. Abuse of parents by adopted children/teens. And the anger is multiplied when the abused parent has someone in their life enabling the…… Continue reading Please Don’t Touch Me! Parents Being Abused!
Trust – No Matter What!
A few days ago I finished reading the book of Job in the Bible. I’m working my way through the Bible again, this time with a special version which has a blank page inserted between every printed page. My special project is to have one of these Bibles for each of my children. On the…… Continue reading Trust – No Matter What!
No! I Do Not Love Them the Same! AH!
Last week I wrote a blog post called “What Is Love”. In it I talked about how love is an action, not a feeling. One of my friends posted the link on Facebook and got a negative comment from one of her friends about it. She stated that we should love all our kiddo’s the…… Continue reading No! I Do Not Love Them the Same! AH!
What Is Love?
A couple of weeks ago Vlad said something to me about the word love. This is a very complicated word and it can have all sorts of meanings and since he is still learning the in’s and out’s of American English I can’t complicate the answer. There is love of a puppy and the puppy…… Continue reading What Is Love?
How a Heart Grows!
I had a call from a good friend of mine today while driving. We had a conversation about adding more children to your life and how you can possibly love another child as much as you love the one or ones you already have. Probably every parent who is bringing a second child into their…… Continue reading How a Heart Grows!