Thank you to my friends and regular readers for your gracious response to the post on how our adoption didn’t go the way we hoped, but that is was still worth it. April was a month of grief and healing as we focused on time together as a family. Here’s what I learned … Watching…
Last weekend I met someone new and she asked how many kids I have. For the first time in over four years, I had to say “two boys.” Not two boys and we are adopting. Not three boys. Just two. If we’re Facebook friends or connected on Instagram, you may have seen the update we…
What happens when those with special needs age out of the education system? That’s the question Dateline set out to answer on their show this week. They spent three years following two families with young adult sons on the autism spectrum. When I asked on my Facebook page if anyone had seen it, one friend said she didn’t think…
It’s April. Autism Awareness Month. And today is World Autism Awareness Day, as declared by the UN back in 2008, which happens to be the latest year we have stats for autism in the U.S. 1 in 88. 1 in 54 boys. No doubt those numbers are higher now. Those numbers make me think there…
Life in the time of the book of Judges was hard. Again and again we read, “the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.” But even in those hard times, they were not without hope. God’s purpose would prevail. As we read in Judges chapter 3, part of that…
I’m over at Not Alone today, reminding myself that “God won’t give you more than you can handle” is a lie, but there are more powerful promises actually found in Scripture. Want to join me there?