My Son, What do I say? You turn eighteen today. Grown…in every way. From soft, baby skin & long, skinny feet, to a strapping man, now 6 foot 3. To write this, son, is bitter, sweet. You grabbed my heart before your birth. Talking to you, playing classical music to you, and loving you long before […]
A Letter to my Daughter
Dear Daughter – What do I tell you..about life, love, happiness? About letting go of the looking glass. About pain, the truth of pain. Heartache. That love doesn’t always look like it should. That in you resides a reservoir of strength. That your beauty is not in style, makeup, or dress. Beauty rests deep in you. […]
Our Daughter’s Adoption Story
Our adoption story. All for His glory. A call from placement. A prayerful assessment. Waiting to find her. A child left behind. Hungry. Skinny. Homeless. Needy.The search. Over. A drive to go get her. We see her, with ladies. All doting, amazed. Quietly, we enter. She turns around, as if she remembers. A look, a gaze, […]