From Abandoned to Adopted

Trauma doesn’t know time. Your body remembers it just like it was yesterday. Abandoned by a biological father twice by the age of 4, God gave me a beautiful picture of His unconditional love and acceptance.

  • An Unlikely Beginning

    An Unlikely Beginning

    At nineteen years old, young people find themselves with their entire lives in front of them—high school in their rear view mirror and a world of opportunity on the horizon.  Nineteen years old is the current age of my oldest daughter who is wrapping up her freshman year at college and preparing for a summer Read more

  • As Is Tags and Broken Things

    As Is Tags and Broken Things

    I am still learning to not be ashamed of my scars, but instead to use them as a tool to point others to the goodness of God.  My prayer for you is that no matter how deep the wounds, no matter how glaring or embarrassing the imperfection, that you would come to the very freeing… Read more

  • Chosen

    Chosen

    He didn’t roll the dice and get what genetics gave him.  He didn’t roll the dice at all.  He saw me.  All of me.  Broken.  Sick.  Abandoned.  Unwanted. And he chose me anyway. Read more

  • Panic Attacks and Pointy-Toed Boots

    Panic Attacks and Pointy-Toed Boots

    I don’t know what conquest is in front of you, or what fear might be keeping you from becoming the man or woman God is calling you to be.  I don’t know what races through your mind when you have your panic attacks laying in your bed at night. But I do know He promises… Read more

  • Becoming like Him and Real Dads don’t Leave

    Becoming like Him and Real Dads don’t Leave

    He chose you.  You’re his.  No one and no thing is going to take you away from him.  He loves you that much.  He’s got you.  You’re his. Read more

  • Total Forgiveness

    Total Forgiveness

    Today I wonder if you might be willing to begin the process.  To release yourself from the burden of the grudges you carry by totally forgiving someone.  It may be that you set a prisoner free, and then realize that the prisoner is you. Read more

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