There are a ton of hard days in foster care. Sometimes, it feels like those days outweigh the good ones. Just like in real life though, the hard days make the good days so much sweeter. The day our twins left was by far the most challenging and tough day we experienced as foster parents….
Read moreDear Ryan: Year Four
Kourtney, do you take Ryan to be your husband. Your faithful partner, and your one true love, loving you now and as he grows and develops into all that God intends. Do you promise to encourage him, inspire him, and truly love him when you are together and when you are apart. When your lives…
Read moreThoughts with Koko 4/22/21-The Healing Season
Life lately has been heavy. Actually it’s been quite the roller coaster. It’s funny how life can sometimes feel like it happens all at once. You can walk through the valley and reach the mountaintop in the same week…sometimes in the same day. Life is crazy like that. Life is heavy when you let people…
Read moreA Letter from an Anxious Friend
Dear Friend, As you probably very well know, I bail on plans at the last minute, make excuses to stay in bed, attempt to plan everything down to the last second and experience sudden and overwhelming emotions. I always want to know everything about everything, I mumble and sometimes stutter when I speak and sometimes…
Read moreForever Day-Year One
One Year Later . 365 days. We’ve been together for much longer, but we’ve been a family for one whole trip around the sun. Time has both flown and dragged on and on. The past year has brought many changes inside our home and in the world. It’s been a year now that we’ve all…
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