A Love Letter to Our Biological Mother
Photo credit: Jeremy Brooks via photopin cc Read more blogs like this by Katie at Operation: Leap of Faith, where this letter was originally posted. Dear B, It’s Mother’s Day. And this…
Read More ›Photo credit: Jeremy Brooks via photopin cc Read more blogs like this by Katie at Operation: Leap of Faith, where this letter was originally posted. Dear B, It’s Mother’s Day. And this…
Read More ›Photo credit: The Full Moon of Glen Ellyn via photopin (license) I was somewhere in between that deep sleep of the deprived and the alert sleep of the maternal. I lay there…
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Read More ›FaithBridge foster mom Sandra Stanley understands how hard it is to say goodbye. She and her husband Andy serve foster families and children through the Fostering Together ministry at their church, North…
Read More ›I distinctly recall the first time someone “blessed my heart.” You know the type: the staged whisper [southern accent optional], big smile and—this is key—behind your back. I was standing in the…
Read More ›Thanksgiving morning, I was busy cooking while our five children played in an adjacent room. Every few minutes, I paused to peek in, and on one particular glance I lingered at the…
Read More ›Photo credit: Forever Found (51 of 52) via photopin (license) A few years ago, we were scheduled to go onstage at church and talk about our experience as foster parents. We were only three months into…
Read More ›Photo credit: Dairy in the sky via photopin (license) It took me awhile before I could walk past the dairy section of the grocery store without having flashbacks. In my memory, the song always came on…
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