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The Cherubs are adopted!!! The judge had tears in her eyes as she read the official decrees and signed the documents. The kids had been fairly freaked out by the idea of going to court, but I think they were a surprised by how kind and loving everyone was, from the clerk to the bailiff to […]
Read MoreI’m blogging about our family’s experience with adopting two kids from foster care, in the hopes that it will encourage you to consider it, too. You can read the beginning of the series here. I’ve been absent for about a month, so we’re kicking off with a bit of an explanation, and then a plan for […]
Read More(I’m blogging about our experience adopting old children from foster care here in Massachusetts, in the hopes that it might inspire you to consider adoption, too. It’s a fantastic way to build a family.) *** Your adoption license has FINALLY come through! Which means that now, when you speak to social workers about specific children, they’ll return […]
Read MoreI was saving this post for a bit later this month, but since Amazon has jumped the launch date and you can have this book TODAY if you order immediately, I’m going to stop waiting and tell you about my friend Jen’s new book, Running: A Love Story: 10 years, 5 marathons, and 1 life-changing […]
Read MoreI received a great question in response to yesterday’s post on what it costs to adopt from foster care: How much money are you expected to have as a potential foster care/adoptive parent? Answer: Not much. I say that glibly, but it’s the truth. All the expectations you might have about how they’ll be looking at […]
Read More(I’m running a series on our experience adopting an older brother & sister from foster care, in the hopes it will clear the way for you to do the same.) *** With all the waiting, you wonder about practical things. Like money. Can you afford two or three kids? Can you even afford one? You’ve read all […]
Read MoreI taught on HOPE at Greenhouse Mission this weekend. It was part of a series on letting God change how we see ourselves: making the mental shift from We’re people who have lost a lot to We’re the ones to whom much has been entrusted. There’s a big gap between these two mindsets. Hope is the bridge. My perspective on hope […]
Read MoreI have two books with mixed reviews to share this week, so I thought I’d group them together. First, Breaking Busy: How to Find Peace and Purpose in a World of Crazy, by Alli Worthington. This a fast, confusing read. I like the author’s voice, but this is a very surface-level book. Author Alli Worthington speeds too […]
Read MoreI have a new laptop. It is lovely and wonderful and the keyboard is the happiest thing ever. They keys are like little letter pillows. It makes me WANT to type. It’s good that I love the keyboard, because nothing else on this machine works. I switched to Windows 10 after 9 years of Mac […]
Read MoreThis is the post where I make a plea for you to do something huge that will, in all likelihood, ruin your life. But you’ll do in order to rescue others, which means you’ll be guaranteed a blinged-out mansion in heaven! (Okay, I’m not entirely sure about the mansion. It’s just a working theory…) Steve […]
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Trish Ryan 