There's this letter in my Bible. Tucked away somewhere in the book of Proverbs, written in my sloppy handwriting, a combo of cursive a...

We are now officially twenty months into this adoption process,  although it feels like so much longer  since we spent close to two y...

God is so good.  That's really all I know to say.  He has knit our family together so perfectly, and this girl is the icing o...

After waiting and stressing about paperwork arriving in time,  I am officially headed to Congo tomorrow to meet my daughter.  It ...

We all know that an average pregnancy lasts for nine months.  We also know that in a total of eighteen months,  a woman can car...

They did it.  Oh, I'm so proud of them.  My two girls read a grand total of 100 books  during the month of September  to ...

A year ago today, I saw my daughter's face for the very first time.  She was about fifteen months old then.  I remember w...

Children belong in families. That's what we believe. And our little girl is in Africa still waiting to come home. Still waiti...

In a little over a month, it will be a year since we first saw Emily's face.  A year-- a full year.  As in 365 days.  And I...

Dear Emily's Mother, Thank you. Thank you for loving our little girl. Thank you for doing the best you could. I think of you eve...

Last night I had the best dream.  My girl was home.  We were drying her off after she'd taken a bath, putting on her jammies, and...

Just this morning, I had a friend tell me that I was strong for adopting from Congo.  I laughed and told her that all the tears I...

Today is a special today.  For you see, March 3rd means we have officially been on this adoption journey for nine months.  Nine month...