Nothing is Wasted

I was newly married. Still blissful in our new life together. Our little white house was perfectly decorated, like I had imagined. All of the presents from our wedding, were thoughtfully arranged in their new home. Ready for us to use them as we began our life as...

Full and Rested

It happened. I fell in love with Him all over again. I spent last weekend at the Created for Care retreat, studying the outline of His face with over 500 women whose heart beats for the orphan. He met us there and His beauty was breathtaking. In that room, there...

Our Birth Mom

In my last post, I shared about our open adoption. When Brandon and I were walking through the adoption process, I read everything I could find about birth moms. I wanted to know what it was like through their eyes. Whether you are interested in adoption, in the...

Happy Gotcha Day, Sweet Selah!

Depending on the dictionary, the word adopt means “to take into one’s family through legal means and raise as one’s own child.” Or I like this one even better, “to take by choice into a relationship.” We have heard this word so many times over the last 12 months. It...