Childlike Faith: Believing Enough to get What HE Wants
Childlike faith is what I should have been able to teach my children. I came from a Christian home and family. My daughters came from an abusive... Read More →
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To Sing Frogs Chapter 21a
Chapter 21 No Defense White and red were separated, held together by an azure strip of equal width. Russian red and white were brought... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 20c
Stass sighed again. Then he stood up. The rest of us followed his example. His responses were firm but Read More →
The n Word: He Might Have Lambasted her. Instead, he Welcomed her to America
I was exhausted as we landed in New York. It had been almost a month long trip to Russia, dealing with Soviet style bureaucracy, when we finally... Read More →
Mercy or Justice? A Story of Orphans: You be the Judge
To me, it wasn’t initially a question of mercy or justice. It was just what should have been done. I was shocked when the judge said that... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 20b
Those were among the first documents we ever received on the girls. We had screened them again and again, pulling out every bit of Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 19d
“Bring him over to the window,” Amy suggested. Maybe seeing outside will liven him up a little. Soon I was holding him under the arms while he... Read More →
Reactive Attachment Disorder, Punishment Escalations Would Never Work
Raising Emily was so much different. The whole game changed. Even though one of our other children had RAD, until Emily came home, we never... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 19c
I pretended to stare at the ceiling even though I couldn’t see through the darkness. It was impossible to wait any longer. “We can’t Read More →
Adopted Children Feel Secure Loving More, Not Less
It has been said that love is the answer no matter the question. Right or wrong, I can tell you this: In our family, adopted children feel secure... Read More →
Seven Awesome Life Lessons my son With Down Syndrome Taught me
As Seen in Huffington Post Amy and I had three biological sons when we adopted a one-month-old little boy with Down syndrome and started... Read More →
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