Crafting

If I’m afraid, so a child feels safe; If I cry, so a child learns to smile; If I give of myself, so a child learns to receive; If I die a little inside, so a child comes to know the One who died, then it is all worth it. ~ Foster the Family

We made him a photo album of his people in China…he looks at it every day. Pig shoes…because year of the pig Little friends… The girls… Like a little old man, tucked under his blanket with his book. Dressed up like he’s 100 for the 100th day of school. Cuddling his dumbledore. Time out. Clearly…

Eighteen months ago we saw his picture for the first time…a friend texted it to me. “He looks like he would fit right in your family!” she said. We were not ready to adopt again, but we started praying he would get a family soon. A few months later we decided that maybe we were…

Be BRAVE. And do not pray for the hard to go away, but pray for a bravery bigger than the hard to come. ~ Ann Voskamp

It’s fine. He’s only half her size, so it’s fine… He was her baby before he was my baby. And I could not love her more. Jet lag is a jerk… Lined up on the counter for their morning meds… She dresses herself sometimes, and just whatever about it. She’s the third kid, so I’ve…