There were twenty-four of us, minus Maisy, who was taking a nap. Pop and Grammy, Aunts and Uncles, a host of cousins and significant...

Several things have happened lately that at first blush sound mostly like bad news, but when added up, I think might be headed toward a...

“You are not one flesh with him.” These words, clear as a bell, rang in my morning thoughts. And I knew. Exactly. What this was about. A...

We are living in a townhouse with my husband’s parents. My in-laws. A year, maybe more, until our own house is finished. Listening to a...

She was a dentist in Mexico. A beautiful, spunky, professional woman. But she lived afraid. She said this repeatedly in her story. How...

I told a story in my last post about overcoming fear. But it was only part of the story. The rest of the story I’ve found myself...

This is my last Boy Mom post. Five years I’ve been telling these stories. Stories of adoption, faith and family. Stories of five boys,...

The dragonflies were out yesterday afternoon when we returned from the airport. Somehow this seemed symbolic. My boys taking flight all...

Dear Jimmy, You are amazing. An Anomaly. Dad said so just the other day, talking to someone at a wedding. Four and a half years you’ve...

How are you doing with all of this? Everyone asks and I hardly know what to say. I’m not sure, to be honest. Years ago, when the boys...

A few nights ago Kyle and I watched the movie Instant Family. It was Felipe’s idea. He’d watched it in the theater with Marcella, and...

Earlier this week I ran across something I wrote in the fall of 2014. Just weeks away from our trip to Colombia, still waiting, still...

I’m surprised at the peace in this home. I shake my head even as I write it. If you’ve been reading this story from beginning to current...

(Photo credit to Kiana Grant Photography) We’re back in the Jeep, heading home, six of us in close quarters. It’s two days past our...

(Photo credit to Kiana Anderson – kianagrantphotography.com) Half Dome was their dream, but I was the one to win the lottery. The first...