A Taste of Redemption
Six strangers gathered around a conference table – eyes on me. Waiting. Listening. This is what redemption looks like. ~~ For months after my girls were born and placed with their adoptive families I couldn’t walk down an aisle with [...]
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I don’t give her the answers. There is nothing new about that. Her job is to do the work, my job is to help her get to the answer and correct her work when she is done. Yet she sits [...]
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The ABC’s of Love (according to my dog) – Part 1
We have this big ole’ love of a Rottweiler. And as I sat pondering the theme of a recent event (practical [...]
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He Will Wipe Away Every Tear
Tears roll down my cheeks. The inches between us become miles. My stomach is in knots and I choke back [...]
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Little Hearts
Tomorrow little fingers will turn them over and over. They will dissolve on little tongues and crunch against little teeth. [...]
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Learning to Melt Into Him
The music swells around us. He grabs my arms we begin to sway. Gentle. Close. And as we are locked [...]
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Grace is the Space Where God Whispers
His face contorted. His breath came in gasps. Tears poured from his baby blues. “I don’t want to.” This was [...]
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Her Mama Heart
I don’t know her, but I lie awake thinking of her. Worlds away. Oceans apart. Likely, we will never meet [...]
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