A Birthday Miracle with Donuts
“You’re not going to believe this,” Stephanie said at dinner tonight, then continued her story. “After I finished passing out donuts to all of the kids in my homeroom and… Read more A Birthday Miracle with Donuts →
Moment by Minute by Day by Year
{Stephanie: 2008 & 2014} The girls came home for the first time on the Friday before Easter 2008. On Saturday, my mom and I thought it would be fun to… Read more Moment by Minute by Day by Year →
CELEBRATE This Week: LVII
I’m glad you are here to celebrate! Share a link to your blog post below and/or use #celebratelu to share celebrations on Twitter. Check out the details here. Celebrate This… Read more CELEBRATE This Week: LVII →
Still {Five Minute Friday}
Go. He still comes into my room every morning before school and waits for me to finish getting ready. He used to sit in my lap in front of that… Read more Still {Five Minute Friday} →
Turn {Five Minute Friday}
Go. It only takes a moment for life to turn. One moment you might be doing your work, a thing you’ve done so many times that you don’t even have… Read more Turn {Five Minute Friday} →
The World Hurts. God Heals.
We had a little family photo shoot this weekend. Just some woods, my tripod, and the self-timer on my camera.This one was totally unplanned. They were waiting (and waiting and… Read more The World Hurts. God Heals. →
The Ketchup Incident
You have enough time. I have to remind myself of this often. I constantly fight the lie of the world that says there is not enough time. Because there is. When I was Hannah’s age, 13, I started a quote book. One quote that I penned decades ago has been pricking at my mind and tonight I flipped through the yellow-edged pages just to find this: “Don’t say you don’t have enough time to change the world. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given… Read more The Ketchup Incident →
CELEBRATE This Week: XLVIII
I’m glad you are here to celebrate! Share a link to your blog post below and/or use #celebratelu to share celebrations on Twitter. ***** The Connected Child by Karyn Purvis, David Cross, and Wendy Lyons Sunshine is my celebration this week. I don’t tend to read many books about parenting adopted kids. I’m cautious of theories. I think when a book is powerful it is mostly because of timing. It’s been our experience that 18-24 months after adopting an older child is the most difficult period of becoming a… Read more CELEBRATE This Week: XLVIII →
CELEBRATE This Week: XLIV
I’m glad you are here to celebrate! Share a link to your blog post below and/or use #celebratelu to share celebrations on Twitter. *** This week, I found my footing. It wasn’t an easy task and there were some moments days this week when I thought maybe I’d never be sure again. Life is changing. There is always a need to learn the new steps in this life dance. School started. And on the other end of the drive home there is another whole day waiting. Kids ready to play… Read more CELEBRATE This Week: XLIV →
Ruth Ayres Writes 