A NOTE TO THE READER: This is one post in a series of posts that will share the story of how I came to know and grew to love my daughters who were adopted at fourteen years old, mere days before they aged out of the adoption system. It does not reflect my feelings now. […] Read more…
Eliza Today
A NOTE TO THE READER: This is one post in a series of posts that will share the story of how I came to know and grew to love my daughters who were adopted at fourteen years old, mere days before they aged out of the adoption system. It does not reflect my feelings now. […] Read more…
Happy Messy Mother’s Day
I always greet Mother’s Day with mixed emotions.
I imagine lovely Mother’s Day pictures of years past with my mother, aunt and grandmother smiling proudly and all of us daughters smiling sweetly in our neatly pressed dresses and shiny white shoes, the sun shining brightly into our tightly squinting eyes, and the lilac bushes […] Read more…
Just As We Are
This morning a familiar worship chorus kept repeating itself in my head.
Come, now is the time to worship
Come, now is the time to give your heart
Come, just as you are to worship
Come, just as you are before your God
Come
And it really spoke to me.
Our summer felt really long.
The year of surgeries with […] Read more…
Cow Appreciation Day
Yesterday was cow appreciation day at Chick-fil-A.
If you dressed as a cow from head to toe, you got your meal absolutely free.
And for a family our size, that’s a pretty decent piece of change.
We had so much fun!
The girls have been home ten months now. I am in awe of how […] Read more…
Eliza’s Animals
We have quite a few routines around here.
I find life goes so much more smoothly if we have a schedule to our days. Children just seem to thrive when they know what comes next.
For the past week or so we have been transitioning into our summer schedule. That change has been really […] Read more…
Sometimes I Forget
I have a special guest blogger today – my husband Mark! He shares some of the feelings and emotions he’s experienced since bringing our girls home from China. You can find him at MarkMcCaslin.com. I hope you enjoy it!
It’s been 8 months since we returned from China with our two new teenage daughters. Overnight, our […] Read more…
When Our Feelings Waiver
A sweet friend tagged me in a post this morning.
There is a precious family in China adopting two teenage daughters even as I write this who is struggling. She asked if I could share any words of encouragement for this dear family.
I remember those days in China so vividly. […] Read more…
Feeling Normal Again
Evangeline came home from the hospital a week and a half ago, and I finally am beginning to feel like myself again.
She made the adjustment amazingly well.
We are all so thankful to have her home again.
Sophia is especially happy to have her sister back.
Their pretty pink room is alive […] Read more…
Breathing Again
So much for my break.
I guess I really don’t need one after all.
On Monday, my sweet friend Stephanie showed up with bagels and cream cheese and dinner for my enormous family, just like she has consistently done so many times before.
But she didn’t only bring food for all of us, […] Read more…
