The Story of Samuel I have been trying to find time to write Samuel’s adoption story for several weeks, but I have a newborn (haha). He is 8 weeks old now and we are just so incredibly blessed. I recently looked through a photo album I am creating of him and several times I said,Continue reading “For This Child I Have Prayed, and The Lord Has Heard My Prayer”
Tag Archives: grief
I am going to be faithful
I am going to be faithful. I am going to be honest. I’ve gone through a very painful experience recently. I had to make a choice. I had to stand up for myself and there were consequences for whichever decision I was going to choose. I protected myself and hopefully protected those in my careContinue reading “I am going to be faithful”
The Calling
As you know, our babies went back to their bio mom last weekend after being with us for 7 weeks. It is hard because it seemed like a premature return given their current situation. Today, I am washing our babies’ laundry. It’s a painful process- throwing clothes in the washer that they have worn manyContinue reading “The Calling”
The Meaning in Grief
I made a commitment to myself and to God to blog once a month about our adoption story. I realized it is a really hard commitment to uphold because there are things that I have not fully processed, things that I don’t want to write about, and things that are raw that I don’t wantContinue reading “The Meaning in Grief”
Holding Space
“Hope deferred makes the heart grow sick…” There are high and low moments in a fertility journey. People have compassion and love to hear how you overcame, but few people know how to hold space for the low moments when you are in them. So, those moments of discouragement and grief are sparingly shared. YouContinue reading “Holding Space”
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