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Saved by My Children
I’ve written about this before–preached whole sermons on it even. But I want this story to be here too. In 2007 we began fostering, beginning with two little girls ages 3 and 4. They stayed almost a...
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Our Fostering Story, Part 1: The girls
There’s a lot I want to say about being a foster parent. So, I thought I’d start with our story. Our first foster placement was kind of a surprise. We had planned to be foster parents, but weren’t...
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Parents with Invisible Children
It has been a year since we had children in our house. It’s strange to be parents without children. What I’ve discovered I think is that once the mysterious alchemy happens; once you are handed a child...
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Our “Own” Children?
We’ve been hearing this more and more since my spouse became pregnant. People asked us about if we were having our “own” children after A. and A. left before baby M. came. But now that we’re pregnant...
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Cranky pants
I have been SO cranky for the last two days. Cranky and exhausted. I’m just back from more than a week of straight meetings, workshops, lectures, worship services, with socializing crammed in between....
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Adoptive Couple vs. Baby Girl
There are a lot of folks with a lot of opinions. And I am not educated enough to more than splutter about the critical Indian Child Welfare Act being tossed aside as if we aren’t still trying to commit...
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The Problem with the Imperfect Parent Narrative
Apparently a lot of us have had it with the pressure to be perfect parents. Psychology Today reminds us that reducing our parenting perfectionism can make us happier. If you want to start a blog on...
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The Grief I Cannot Ease
In December of 2011 the happy, secure little girl who called my spouse Mama who had lived at our house since she was ten days old moved permanently to live with a cousin. She turned 2 just a month...
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Naming (Boy) Babies
Naming babies is hard! Our new little guy is the first one we’ve had to name, though we’ve talked a lot about baby names over the years. And I’ve decided it’s just too much responsibility. Really, I...
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