Opinion of an English Major

I was reading a blog today that had an interesting comment I thought I’d pass along about the Bible version debate. Check out Emily’s comment below the article on the blog A Voice Crying in the Wilderness.  Have you ever felt very strongly about something but was not able to express it adequately? I think she did [...]

San Diego County Stops In-Home Bible Study

Allie Martin – OneNewsNow – 5/28/2009
A San Diego pastor says county officials have told him he needs a permit to host a weekly Bible study in his home.
Pastor David Jones and his wife, Mary, were hosting the weekly study near their church, when they say they were visited by a county code enforcement officer. According [...]

Meet Lisa

Here is an email I received today from another adoptive parent. I wish I could say to my readers, “Read and enjoy.”
I was home schooling five because of behavior issues at school (long story) and my son just refused to do any work this school year. It wasn’t enough to refuse to do the work [...]

My Kind of Family Therapy – 5 Days in Wausau

Isaac missed his Aunt JuJu.

Isaac showing how brave he is

Guess who she’s talking to…

Going for a walk to the park

Something  borrowed?

Pooh is still Isaac’s favorite.

Andrew surprised us by coming overnight to help Adam build his shed.

Family dinners are such a good time together

My precious boys

Hudson thinks Katie is his second mother.

Jacob & Mackenzie

My favorite thing to do is get together with family, and with our family being spread out across 8 states, it doesn’t happen very often. These pictures are from our get together in April when Marissa brought her new husband and step-son to visit, along with Mackenzie. Devin and Scott came for the day too. It [...]

Exhausted and Bleeding – Part 4

 A couple of weeks ago we attended a meeting in Lansing with some key people regarding the issue of adoptive families trying to access residential placements or theraputic foster care using their medical subsidy for funding through DHS (Department of Human Services).  This was the second in a series of meetings that addressed the problem of families in crisis [...]

Exhausted and Bleeding – Part 3

As I said in part one, we’d tried to access post-adopt services but ran into a road block that seemed too large to overcome. We had used Christian residential, boy’s homes, for two years but were not able to use them anymore, so we turned to the state for help. We were told they would [...]

Exhaused and Bleeding – Part 2

Speaking specifically to the FASD label (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder), I have parented three types of FASD kids, two of which are managable, one that is not.  My categories certainly are not scientific – they are only based on personal experience.
One is the confused, struggling child who has trouble in relationships, school, and every day living skills - they have trouble understanding [...]

Exhausted and Bleeding

This is the introduction of a series of postings that will tell the story of our past few months. As you read, please remember that every one of my children are loved and of the highest priority to us, including the ones that were the hardest to raise. The biggest criticism I have ever received was that of [...]

International Picture of the Year

Second Place * Todd Heisler * The Rocky Mountain News
The night before the burial of her husband’s body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag. Before she fell asleep, she [...]