Our newly adopted daughter is full of energy and life. Since she has only been with us for three months, we do not yet feel comfortable placing her in the church nursery. Therefore, we gather up three kids for church, and Chad and I swap back and forth taking our...
Years ago, we were about to move to India to work a significant amount of time in slums, orphanages, and villages. Somehow, not long before I left, a beauty mark on my face above my lip got scratched and began to bleed. Because it had happened before, I went to a...
“Take a wreath. Face a tomb as you walk towards it. Place a wreath at the tombstone. Back away two steps with your face facing the marker. Salute for a few seconds of silence.” My six year old participated in laying wreaths at the tombs at the National Cemetery in our...
Somewhere among the millions of China, my daughter’s birth mom lives. I don’t know her. I have never heard her voice. And yet, somehow, I feel a connection to her especially as Mother’s Day approaches. Sometimes I hear Phoebe’s incredible belly laugh and watch the...
The recent earthquake in Nepal has shaken my heart and my mind. This past summer, we trekked in the mountains of Gorkha, Nepal very close to the epicenter of the recent earthquake. The journey included a plane, a bus ride dangerously close to the edge, and a long walk...
