Adoption
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Gotcha Day Year Two
Two years today I became a mom. I’ve always been a parent, ever since we got the girls. Because when you foster or are a guardian, you are not only the child’s caregiver, but a mentor. As a result, you teach them to survive in this world, learn the basic skills they need, schooling, but most important, love and safety. You are their safe haven. This is what being a parent is all about. No matter if you are a friend, aunt, grandma, teacher. Kids need a safe haven. Two years ago at the adoption, I became more than a parent. I became a mom. Knowing you have a child…
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True girl true colors
Before quarantine and COVID, my daughter and I attend a true girl convention in town. It was a pajama party. We had so much fun and drew closer to each other through the night. I enjoyed seeing God work through my girl, and watching her worship God in her own unique way. My girl has gone through a lot during her 8 almost 9 years of living here on earth. But, through all she has been through, she hasn’t let it steal her joy. She is my opposite yet we are the same! Saturday mornings (ok every morning) is like clockwork. She is the little bird chirping and singing in…
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Don’t Let Covid Control You
So with the covid 19…. many Americans and ppl all over the world are in front of more electronics than ever. Sending silly memes or filling out stupid surveys. What are some ways mommy blogs and be apart of it? Activities with your kids Self love for you So many times we have these great ideas! Why not share with other moms and the whole world so that they too can benefit. The virus is very scary for us and for our children. Part of their life, school, friends, parts you don’t see everyday has been taken away from them. What are some productive things we as parents can do…
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National Adoption Day
November 17th. Happy National Adoption Day. Also happy birthday to me. Funny thing. The day we got custody of the girls was on this day. My 30th Birthday. “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.” Proverbs 31:8 My birthdays have had milestones, but also “Big events” have happened on this day. Funny, growing up my friend Megan always had bad luck on her birthday which was just a few days close to mine. She almost burnt her whole yard on fire. Literally, there were fire trucks there spraying the back yard of the woods when I was pulling up the driveway for her 16th birthday! I think her…
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Piece of the Puzzle
Thank you for being a piece of the puzzle. Each piece represents a person who took a part in these girls life so that they may grow up in a safe place. Away from a chaotic world. Each person helped guide us, advise us, and provide us with the resources we needed to help these girls. These were not the best of circumstances. We did not know what the outcome would be. Only the Lord knows. Our Prayer. We pray that future foster parents/adoptive parents/biological parents are able to gain the help and resources they need to help out children who are in similar circumstances. We know this is not…
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Telling the Family
Of all places we were at a funeral. My Papaw was so excited he kept asking if I had told anyone the good news about the adoption going through. My great-aunt’s beloved had just passed. It was a sad time because we all missed him, however we celebrated his life. So many stories filled the dinner table. There was so much joy and laughter. The waitress felt it was odd how we expressed our mourning. I felt a little odd to mention something so joyous and complete, curing a time of mourning and sorrow. I finally announced that our adoption went through. My great-aunt’s heart and face lit up with…
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Telling the Girls
Adoption is Hard! It’s hard to make adoption into a celebration. Especially if you are in any type of situation we were in. If you would have asked us three years ago if we were going to adopt the girls, our answer would have been absolutely not. It’s funny how God changes our thoughts and situations. We thought going into this we would have the girls a few weeks maybe a month, not forever. How do you know what to say? Foster and adoption moms out there as well as step parents, how did you go about telling your child? And how did you go about telling them their last…
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Gotcha Day
“Love puts the fun in together, hope in tomorrow, and joy in my heart.” Each adoption story is unique in it’s own way. Ours is my favorite. Finally after a long process, we finally made it. It has been a bitter sweet time. Each adoption story is unique in it’s own way. Ours is my favorite. It is amazing how God can take something so chaotic, and make it into something so wonderful! My husband and I have really had to keep our faith in God during the whole process. If it weren’t for him, and us listening and being patient for his will, this would have never happened. This…
