When your child is receiving inpatient mental health care, you love and hate visit days. You miss your child desperately, yet visit times are painful Continue Reading
The Worst Father’s Day…but it Wasn’t
That Father's Day was the worst Father's Day...but then again it wasn't. Ten minutes of vacuuming. I'll always remember Father's Day that year blew Continue Reading
I Called the Police for My Own Son…and I’m a Good Mom.
For years I lived in horror at the thought that I would ever have to call the police for one of my own children. This is the type of thing that Continue Reading
How Do I Talk to My Adopted Kids About Their Birth Family?
As parents who have adopted children, an important question we continually face is how do I talk to my adopted kids about their birth family? If a Continue Reading
The Downward Spiral of My Son’s Behavior
Our adopted 10 year old son had an inexplicable rage inside of him. Actually, anyone who understands trauma and adoption would say it's totally Continue Reading
What I Saw the Day of the Family Photos
The day of the family photos, I see a major problem coming. Getting these photos is one of those things we had been talking about doing forever, but Continue Reading
Still Standing
How to Find Peace...When There's No Happy Ending Welcome to Still Standing. I’m thankful you are here. I welcome you into my home and as a Continue Reading
25 Bibles for Women
Are you looking for a Bible to give as a gift to a loved one or for yourself? Here are 25 Bibles for women. These Bibles include options for every Continue Reading
When You Are Afraid to Share Your Writing
It's not that good, but... Have you ever been in a creative writing class where everyone had to take a turn sharing a piece they had written? Continue Reading
Moving: Six Months of Ups and Downs
All I want is for the bus to please go faster. The city bus grinds to the next step in downtown Buffalo. Air whooshes as the door opens. A young Continue Reading
7 Truths for When You Are in the Middle of a Transition
When you are in the middle of a transition, life is jiggly and unsettled and feels weird. You are in  a season of in-the-middle. God obviously has Continue Reading
Single Parents. You Seriously Rock.
Single Parents. You seriously rock. You are heroes, every single one of you. From April to August of this year, my husband and I have been parenting Continue Reading
