Disappointment In My Child’s Heart…

Disappointment is hard to deal with no matter what the source is. It makes our heart hurt and brings feelings of defeat. Harder yet is watching your child suffer disappointment and knowing that there is nothing you can do to take away their hurt and pain. Long gone...

20 Years That “Were’t Supposed To Be…”

I’m going to warn you now that this is going to be long and also will contain very “private” information that might be uncomfortable for some people to read.  You are free to make your own decision about reading further, but I wanted to at least...

Kids

When people ask how many kids we have, I always have to think about how to answer them. Do I answer only for the ones that they will see? Or do I answer the way my heart calls me to? The truth of it is, we have 9 children, but we’ve only gotten to raise 5 of...