“You prepare a table before me…” The Good Shepherd knows what we need, how much we need, when we need it, and why. Our youngest child’s speech issues caused us great concern as we thought about moving to Thailand. Will she learn to speak? Could we find what she needs?...
Phoebe’s birth mom is a hero. She demonstrates the strength of any woman who chooses life – when death appears so much simpler, more convenient, or saves face. Yet, upon seeing her cleft lip/palate daughter in a poverty stricken province, she took action to protect...
Remember playing a game of tag when you were little? If you were the “chaser,” you’d run like crazy and at some point stretch far, lean out, and finally touch someone while yelling, “Got You! You’re it!” Most of us never liked “getting got.” Next week (March 9), our...
Yep, I came close to losing it this week. I found myself miserable and frustrated as I took a walk with my 22 month old still recovering from cleft palate surgery. Because I felt myself sinking pretty low, I decided to force myself to memorize Psalm 25 while I pushed...
I miss the smiles of my wide-smiling Phoebe before cleft lip surgery. Her smiles seemed to touch her whole face. I miss the kisses from her lips that brought untold joy to my heart. She’d reach up to offer me her closed yet open, puckered up lips. As I kissed her...
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...
