In the grand scheme of things, nine months isn’t terribly long. That is how long we have been Tripp’s parents. His first Christmas with us he was 2.5 months old. He was still our foster son. Last Christmas, he was one years old and technically he was a ward of the state. This Christmas, at…
Read moreThoughts with Koko 12/17/20-Settle in
Sometimes I allow myself to escape from the reality of foster care. I try to forget that he belongs to someone else. I try to forget about my need to plan for the future. I try to forget about the court date last week that we are still waiting to hear the ruling for. I…
Read moreIn the Waiting.
Did you know that between the end of the old testament to the beginning of the new testament nearly 400 years pass? For you and I, a simple turn of the page spans four centuries. Believers had been waiting several generations for the promised king to come. Have you ever really stopped to think about…
Read moreA Ball of Emotions
Do you ever feel like your emotions are snowballing? Like you are eventually going to erupt? Not in anger, but just in anxiety? Uncontrollable tears. As I sat last night on my bed I was overcome with anxiety and the tears just fell. For someone who can usually keep it together in every situation, I was…
Read moreYES: A Letter
Dear one who has ever even for a second considered foster care or adoption: We chose this. Our world is wonderfully upside down by choice. Also, not so much by choice. Where we creaked open a door just a smidge to peak in, God swung it wide open. Of course, we could have said no….
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