What happens when children are separated from loving caregivers? We’ve learned a lot together through the years, and I’m pretty sure we can all agree this is a traumatic event with lifelong impact. As an adoptive mom, and mentor to other adoptive and foster moms, I’m sadly familiar with the impact of this trauma. I […]
How Adopting Changed Summer
I remember summer. My sister, Laura, and I would wake up to the sun shining on the wood floor of the bedroom. We spent the mornings playing in our backyard or riding bikes up and down the block with the neighbor kids. Our mom took us to the library once a week where we checked […]
So Much Good Stuff
It’s nearly our 34th anniversary. We continue to grow in our marriage, through the good and the hard. I’m so thankful for Russ. • Registration for my online class, How to Keep Your Marriage Strong (for the Mom who has nothing left to give) begins Thursday. Registration closes tonight (Tuesday) at midnight. • Whether you […]
6 Marriage Tips for Adoptive and Foster Parents
Russ and I are coming up on our 34th anniversary, which makes me feel like I really know what I’m doing marriage-wise. We’re also still in the midst of parenting kids with complex needs, which sometimes makes me think I know very little. What I do know is how to persevere and look for healing […]
As We Gather
We’re catapulting toward the end of the school year with all of its special activities, while also preparing for my dad’s memorial service and Noah’s graduation from medical school. I’m filled with emotions that don’t all seem to fit together. I’m so sad about losing my dad, and I’m dreading the wave of grief I […]
What Do We Do When Our Kids Have Big Feelings?
Have you heard the phrase, “choked with emotion,” as in, “She was choked with emotion.”? More commonly, have you ever gotten a lump in your throat? Last night I was overwhelmed with sadness over losing my dad. Russ held me close, but I began to feel like I couldn’t breathe. I sat up in bed, […]
