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… Read more It is Good {CELEBRATE This Week: 124} →
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 I Don’t Sugarcoat {CELEBRATE This Week: 112} →
I collect stories. The Bible is filled with really awful, horrible chapters of stories. Hard journeys of deceit and jealousy, murder and rape, exclusions and cover-ups. If you take one… Read more I am a Story Collector →
“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 →
{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 →
I’m celebrating accidents and mishaps and stumbles and falls. One. Hannah broke her arm at cross country practice. I spent several hours in the ER with her on Friday night.… Read more Celebrations: Accidents, Mishaps, Stumbles, & Falls →
Click here for the backstory. When you adopt older kids, there are a lot of people who are quick to point out that the early years of a child’s life have significant impact on them. Although not their intent, it sometimes sends the message that they think my children are damaged goods and incapable of overcoming a rocky start to life. As an eternal optimist, I tend to downplay the impact of early experiences in life. I like to think that the present matters much more than the past. I… Read more How to Find Peace and Healing {Story 7 of 40} →
From Merriam-Webster Online Sometimes life stops you. You think you can do it all, get more done, be everything to everyone. It doesn’t matter if there are too many tasks… Read more Sustenance →
Ruth Ayres Writes 