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A Choice We Make Every Day

Many years ago when we were starting the process of adopting our daughter from China, our social worker told us that adoption is a choice that you make every day.  She was so very right.  For many,...

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Celebrating the Chinese New Year and the Red Thread

Today at our house we are celebrating Chinese New Year. For one, its is just a fun holiday to celebrate. Chinese food and fire crackers? Count me in! But there is actually a much bigger reason that we...

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The Power of Touch

We had a nice surprise happen over the weekend.  We brought this little guy into our family: We had been thinking about adopting another dog to keep our hound dog company. We made an appointment to...

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Learning to Make Voodles With My Daughter

One of the greatest gifts I have ever been given in my life is my daughter. This gift is so humbling, mostly because I had nothing to do with making her or choosing her for my family. I simply prayed...

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And They Came Two by Two

This month I am excited to share a variety of motherhood stories from a diverse and wonderful group of women. Each day we will read a guest post sharing a particular mother’s story will all its glory...

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(Not a ) Mom

Today’s guest post comes to us from my longstanding, dear friend Cathy. Cathy and my husband were in graduate school together, which means we had a lot of deep, late night conversations that twenty...

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An Adopted Daughter on Giving Birth

Today’s guest post comes from Karen Richardson. I have the pleasure of knowing Karen in many different capacities. She is a mental health therapist who works in the same office as my husband...

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Baptism Stories

I was baptized when I was 12 years old at the Methodist church in which I grew up. It was a part of our yearly confirmation ceremony and was on the whole a very lovely day. The confirmands themselves...

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