the right to hold you

In 2015, our family welcomed our third child to the chaos through the emotional and complex reality of adoption. Our son was almost three when he became part of our family, and I blogged about the experience for a little over a year. This section of my website contains the archives of that blog, which I called “the right to hold you.” If I wrote about adoption today, my words probably wouldn’t mirror what I wrote in 2014/15, but I’ve left them as originally authored for authenticity. Our little guy has been with us for over 6 years, and if I write about him today, it’s likely to be in the context of parenting a child with disabilities.

Adoption Arguments:  Do we REALLY need a blog?
Adoption Adoption

Adoption Arguments: Do we REALLY need a blog?

And for me, that’s such a common temptation. To take something that is supposed to be about God and make it about me. Subtly, slowly, subconsciously. Accidentally and intentionally all at the same time. It’s the war within described so poignantly in Romans 7. So, my friends, what on earth does all this have to do with an adoption blog? Ha ha, good question.

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

The caged bird sings of freedom. Oh man, that line stops my heart a little. I share the sentiment of much of the world as we mourn the passing of a magnificent light, and am grateful she fought so hard to be heard. Grateful I had the opportunity to hear her.

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Where We're At: April 18, 2014
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Where We're At: April 18, 2014

And we’ve been learning a lot through some online training, as well as a couple of great books we have started. I am definitely starting to feel like we are going into this with our eyes wide open now. Not that I was naively idealistic before, but I just didn’t know or even think about so many of the issues we are learning about. I’m so thankful for the knowledge, and it’s helping me be a better Mama to my beautiful babes home now.

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