Who are “the least of these?”
Skye’s recent sermon has me contemplating Jesus’ commandment that whatever we do for the “least of these” we do for God as well (Matthew 21:40). In her sermon, she recounts how she feels convicted...
View ArticleThe Gift of Moths
When you desire to become a parent in your deepest heart, yet every attempt at becoming a parent seems to move the object of your desires further away, you will want to give up. I think this is true...
View ArticleDear Sweet Infertile Friend
Dear Sweet Infertile Friend, Today is a bad day. A really bad day where I am sure that any light I see at the end of this Tunnel of Infertility/Failed Adoption Mess is really just my eyes playing...
View ArticleSweet Surrender
From the time I was little, I have always had something to parent. My first forays into parenting included naming everything—even a huge stiff carnival walrus—“Snoopy.” I loved dogs, and so a fictional...
View ArticleRemember the Joy
The above clip is Dedicated to one particular nurse I sang it to. One morning in the days leading up to my graduation from seminary, I awoke with the childhood ditty of “I’ve got that joy, joy, joy,...
View ArticleRuined
I thought our April adoption was a sure thing. I dreamed of that little boy, who in my dreams was a genius infant saying his name and pointing to the sky. He was full of mirth and tranquility. Pudgy...
View ArticleAn Ethical Adoption
Sometimes in adoption a baby falls from the sky and lands in your arms faster than you can imagine, and you have to scramble with delight to be ready to bring that baby home. Sometimes in adoption you...
View ArticleNew Beginnings – J’s Adoption Fundraiser
Update 5/19: We have raised almost $2000 so far. Amazing! Our adoption journey is starting over. We begin again from scratch, having set aside our investment in the adoption agency due to their...
View ArticleBeing A Good Friend to Infertile Myrtle
Today is Mother’s Day, a day that feels complicated to me. While I appreciate that people acknowledge the ways I am a lovely doggy mama, aunt, friend, or nurturer, I also just want to be a real mom....
View ArticleWhen Barrenness Leads to Birth
Last night I gave birth. It had all the markings of the birth of a baby. I was ready to clobber my husband even though he was being utterly sweet and helpful. Every encouragement he gave was met with a...
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