Goodbye 2025
In preparing my annual reflection, I reread last year’s post to review my 2025 goals and dreams. It’s honestly humorous looking back. In that post,…
Still Orphans
Faith and Foster Care
Grace Through Goodbye: A 30-Day Devotional Workbook for Grieving Foster Parents
For years, this blog has been the place where I’ve processed foster care in real time, the joys, the heartbreaks, the hard truths, the moments…
Chapter Closed
I closed another big chapter of my life this week. When our longest-term placements of four years left, it created a huge vacuum. Overnight, I…
A Reflection on 2024
We’ve come to the end of 2024. We wrapped up our most difficult placement at the beginning of the year. I’m not sure exactly what…
Food is a Love Language
I’ve often thought that food should be the 6th love language. It’s security. It’s comfort. It’s a basic need, but it’s also more than just…
Steward Your Story
I had a dream about my former foster daughter, whom I raised almost 4 years from birth before she left us. She started early childhood…
The Dining Room Table
I always wanted a large family. I imagined a grand dining room table with many hands passing food around it. I imagined laughter echoing down…
Goodbyes Suck
We’ve had a child for the better part of a year. I haven’t written a single thing about the beginning or the middle, but I…
Fools Rush In
We’re coming up on two years since our foster children left. I hadn’t thought about it until today when I started wondering why I’ve felt…
