I’ve been reading through the Bible chronologically this past year. That’s sort of a lie, actually. I started off in Genesis last January, but about the time I hit Job I was in a dark spot emotionally. I couldn’t handle all the catastrophes, and sack cloth and ashes and such, so I skipped on over to the perkier New Testament. I’ve been reading slowly, and…
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Mama’s Planner
It’s been a while, friends. I’ll spare you all the reasons I’ve neglected writing and jump right to where I am today: I spent an hour on the phone with my mama last night. Pretty good way to ring in the new year, don’t ya think? During our conversation, she told me about her plans to get organized this year….
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And Then There Were Two! Another New Chick
You know that thing where you settle into sorta normal after a period of craziness. And then you decide you want to stay there for a while? That is precisely the moment God initiates project Stir It Up. We were finally hitting our stride in this family. We had been doing foster care for 12 months and I felt like maybe I…
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Childhood Cancer: Reagan’s Story
I have no memory of the first time I saw her. But I vividly remember the first time I heard her name. Nathan and I were in a small town eating at a table with people we didn’t know. What might have looked like a gathering of cowboys for a steak dinner with two city folk thrown in was actually an interview. Between bites of beef they…
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When God Writes Your Adoption Story: The Chicks Who Went to Another Nest
Sometimes God does things that are just so God-ish, they have to be told. Last night I went to a celebration of the sweetest kind. Meet Sadie and Caleb Hall…. Yesterday was their Gotcha Day. Judge Easlick declared them legally and permanently children of Jason and Machelle Hall. We partied at church afterward because the Lord sets the lonely in families! I’ve been…
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A Party for Pink Bear: And Why You Should Skip the Mama Guilt.
Anna has a pink bear that she’s slept with for years. Toting that thing all over tarnation since she was big enough to crawl, she also twiddles the tag attached to his bottom while watching t.v. or falling asleep. We’ve had frantic searches at bedtime more nights than I can count and this lovey has clocked air miles from Alabama to New Mexico. Quite…
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