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why do you want her?
Seven years ago, after being in Ukraine for many weeks, I finally walked out of the orphanage with two very loved and treasured little girls in my arms. Harper (left, in the photo) was just a baby and...
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sweetest joy
Every person who has ever advocated for the orphan knows all too well that there are days when it feels so utterly heartbreaking. Children who literally wait for years for someone to come for them age...
View Articlea journey of faith
Six years ago, God blessed us with some of the sweetest friends. We were a large, busy family with seven children then. They had just started growing their family and only had one little boy. I will...
View Articlewhen our greatest fear becomes our greatest blessing
A few years ago I read a book by one of my favorite authors. In his book, Chase the Lion, Mark Batterson shares a truth that has stuck with me ever since I read it. “As I look back on my own life, I...
View Articleadoption testimonies
Hey, friends. A few weeks ago I shared about the current situation with international adoptions. Last week a new article was published and honestly, it’s devastating to read about where adoption is...
View Articlecourageous faith
During the more than ten years that I have had this blog, one of the sweetest blessings for me has been the incredible people who I have met along the way. They’re the families that remind me that a...
View Articlethe little darling who could
As we celebrated the resurrection of our risen Savior last weekend, we have so very much to be thankful for. I cannot help but count my many, many blessings with such heart of gratitude. I am so...
View Articlevictorious
I can hardly believe that in just a few short months, Haven will turn eighteen. And around the same time we will celebrate ten years of our precious young lady being a Salem. Ten amazing years with...
View Articleuseful in His hands
A little over a year ago, I made an urgent plea for a little guy who just absolutely broke my heart. Clarence was so similar to my Hasya in so many ways, and his story was one of those that moved me to...
View Articlea love story
Anthony and I were married in 1997. Ours was a whirlwind romance where we were married just a few short months after we met. We always knew that we wanted children, and as we headed into our second...
View Articlebeauty in brokenness
It feels like yesterday, and it feels like a lifetime ago that I carried her frail, sick, emaciated, broken little body out of an orphanage in Eastern Europe. Tears ran down my face as we drove away...
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