I haven’t had as much time to write as I would like, because: Summer + three kids. (Can I get an amen?) Thanks to the TimeHop app on my phone (I’m addicted!) I am able to see what I was …
Hours
Twenty-four hours in a day. 168 hours in a week. Approximately 8,766 in one year and if the average human lives 72 years (according to the Google) that means we each get right around 631,152 hours in our lifetime. How …
Taking the Detour
You may wonder what happened after we put the suitcases down. I’ll get there, but first, a detour. When we were bumped from our flight en route to Cartagena, it was a serious case of deja vu. Two years earlier …
Suitcases
We weren’t even supposed to be in an orphanage. In fact, two hours before I was holding that baby, I didn’t even know the place existed. It was the summer after we had adopted our second son, and I had begun …
Can I Pick Her Up?
“Can I pick her up?” I asked through the translator. “Yes, of course,” replied the petite Spanish nun by my side, “but be warned, she will cry when you put her down.” She was so tiny. The size of a …
The Photo
I opened my first gifts of the season tonight. Four beautifully wrapped gifts; none extravagant, but all special because each one was thoughtfully chosen and handed to me by a long-time friend. We’ve been friends for nearly 13 years. In …
Less House. More Life.
In February of this year we felt like God might be nudging us to sell our house. That might not sound like a big deal, or depending on your personality, it might sound like a VERY big deal. In our …
Our Adoption Story: Macario Daniel Wright
Yesterday was our son Mac’s “Adoption Day”—the day we met him in Colombia 10 years ago. This is the story of that day. I always thought we would adopt. Aaron and I talked about it while we were dating. I thought, …
A Wimp Taking a Risk on Adoption
In one year we lost two babies. They both died in the womb early in their development. Many call it a miscarriage, like it was somehow “mishandled.” The doctor told me there was nothing wrong with me, but after facing …