Remember when I used to write things? That was nice. Between paperwork, our homestudy, long trips home, piles of paperwork, and those other three kids I have, there hasn’t been much time for writing, must to my dismay. I’m making it a priority today, for my own sanity. This weekend, after rolling into town at […]
You Are the Mama Your Kids Need/A Fundraiser
For all the crazy that was last week, this week has been equal amounts of hard. Hard things to process, hard things to do, and hard being away from the besties and family. For all the hard that was this week, after playing T. Swift’s Shake It Off really really loud on repeat, I’m doing […]
Sometimes I Doubt
Last week was crazy. There has been a lot of buildup getting to the announcement of the adoption. Lots of paperwork. Lots of emails. Switching our application from China to Kyrgyzstan. More paperwork. Signing our life away with no guarantees. Lots of emails. Lots of questions. Lots of money paid. Initial program fees. An overwhelming […]
Do the Hard Thing: Ask for Help
I am terrible at asking for help. In college my best friend and I ran a couple coffee shops to help kickstart our college ministry. We did it all…art, advertisement, decoration, food, set-up, planning, talent booking, volunteer recruitment, setup, tear down. We owned it, and it was awesome. However at the second coffee shop while […]
Do the Hard Thing: Adopt
I love how God works out the details for us. I decided to join the #write31days challenge at the end of September. It’s a challenge where you write for 31 days on a specific subject. For the last several months I feel like over and over God has been pressing on me that living out […]