I had been expecting it since the day we first considered adopting. Yet when it happened, my heart was still shattered. It was a simple…
Welcome
Photos like this remind me how truly blessed I am. See that look of joy on my husband’s face? This was just after the birth…
The 5 Day Adoption {giveaway}
My God is so great, so strong and so mighty, there’s nothing my God cannot do. My God is so great, so strong and so…
I care more about my teen’s heart than her hair
I’ve come full circle on the issue of unnatural hair color. Was a day (we’ll call it high school and college) when the pinnacle of…
13
We’ve done this twice before —3 times if you count the one we parented through the opening bells of the teenage years over phone lines…
Dear Secular Artist
Dear Secular Artists, Please stop singing about love. This sensation that you seem unable to divert your attentions from is not love, but simple passion…
Quick-play games for littles {straddleparenting.com}
Christmas came, and went, and left behind some truly awesome games. We love games. I can’t think of a recent day when some assortment of…
Phin’s day—and why everything you assume about FASD is wrong
I’ve learned the hard way expect a backlash when I engage the public on the topic of consuming alcohol during pregnancy. Some of the most…
2016
Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then…
In the wee small hours
It happened at night. It always does, doesn’t it? The sniffle turns into a full-on cold, the sore throat becomes unbearable, that slightly red eye…