We gave our notice about a month ago and are no longer licensed foster parents. While our journey around foster care and adoption is not over, it is taking a different path. I am certainly not an expert and I don’t have any easy answers. I do hope that some of our experiences in fostering…
Read moreThe God of my dorm room floor
College was awful. Middle school was dreadful, high school was hard, but college for this socially awkward anxious introvert was just awful. Don’t get me wrong. I had a great experience. I played soccer for three years and met pretty amazing friends along the way. I traveled to the other side of the world for…
Read moreThoughts with Koko-7/7/21
My anxiety comes in waves. Much of the time I am fine. I don’t feel anxious and my brain is at normal speeds. Other times, my brain is so fast and I feel so panicked about anything and everything. The unpredictable timing of each is very hard and sometimes quite overwhelming. On the hardest days,…
Read moreThoughts with Koko-7/4/21 I’ve been hurt by the Church
I’ve been hurt by the church. I’ve been going to church since I was just a few days old. My parents served in their local church years before I was born. We grew up going to church every Sunday and most Wednesday nights. My dad led worship when I was very young, served with the…
Read moreThe Scariest Day of my Life
When I was 18, I spent the summer in New Delhi, India. That experience changed who I was as a person and I absolutely left pieces of my heart there. Near the end of our summer, our team leaders took us 250 miles north to the mountains. We stayed in a city called Shimla for…
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