Foster Care
Graduation is around the corner. Slideshows to create, inspiring speeches to write, invitations to send, display tables to assemble…school work to finish. Oh boy. Who tips $6.85? Would it hurt that much to round it to $7.00? Just a thought. Not that I’m [really] complaining… It’s been a whole lot of days since I posted [...]
A year ago today, something happened that changed my life. It can’t be summed up in a picture, and even if it could, I couldn’t legally post it here. It can’t even really be summed up in words. How can you “explain” the way your heart makes room for two new hearts to love? It [...]
Everyone loves a good road trip, right? As I write, my family is busily packing our van for a trip to Tennessee for Thanksgiving. That’s nine people, eleven seats, and eight hundred miles. We’ve made the trip before, but things are a bit different traveling with Hayden and Ruth. Keeping a 10-year-old entertained for 15 [...]
With great posts comes a great theme…or something like that. Honestly, I’m so picky I can’t hardly settle on a good theme to stick with. Thoughts on this one? In August, I turned 18. I celebrated by doing none of the things I can now legally do. I’m a licensed driver now. (It’s as awesome [...]
I remember asking lots of questions when I was younger—mainly in a last-chance effort to put off bedtime. Stalling by asking why the sky is blue seemed like a pretty brilliant strategy. But when it comes to “why,” two-year-old Hayden has me beat. That child can fit more “why’s” in a conversation than I ever [...]
