“We won’t be around much longer, so you might as well have it.” That’s what Jim said when I asked him about a stunning yellow bush in his backyard. I was reminded of those words when I went to his wife’s funeral a couple of weeks ago. When I was new to Abilene,...
I’ve been avoiding eye contact with the scale in my bathroom, lest I feel obligated to start a conversation with it to assess the damage after the holiday feasting. But last week we watched the movie, “The Hundred-foot Journey”, and a quote in the movie changed my...
When we adopted the twins, I was confident that love would set things right to their very wrong beginning. I grew up watching love heal wounds, reconcile conflicts and instill hope. So naturally, I counted on our love to do the same for the twins. We addressed their...
I turned off the car when I saw my Dad sit down on the bench next to his homeless friend. I took it as a sign that we’d be waiting for a while. When I looked at Dad in the mirror I couldn’t help but see myself too. I liked what I saw in him; I didn’t like so much what...
It’s November — National Adoption Awareness month! This month of awareness reminds me of how unaware I was nearly twenty years ago when we began our adoption journey with the twins. We were hardly aware of any of the issues involved in the process of...
Be careful, or your kids might take your Christianity a little too seriously. We pass down some Christian basics to our kids from the time we can pass them the milk. Tell the truth, God doesn’t like liars. Obey your parents, and it will go well with you. Blessed are...
