Category: Adoption/Foster Parenting

Making Space For a New Season

My spirit has been unsettled for a few months. It’s all good, but when God is calling us into a new season, one with change and the unknown…it is often ourselves that fight against that change. We want the comfortable,…

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The Real Story

The Real Story

I am pleased to share with you my daughter’s perspective on our family journey of fostering to adopt. I did not edit anything she wrote and did not bribe her either. This is from her heart and I hope it…

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Its a Family Affair

This week I’ve been sharing information and my heart for serving children in foster care.  We’ve talked about the incredible need and also the options to be a part of the solution – for everyone.  Today I wanted to touch…

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Answer The Call To Serve

Answer the Call to SERVE

So, maybe you can’t take a child into your home for a number of reasons; I get that. For many, the logistics are not right and that is OKAY! As I shared yesterday, there are ways to serve that include…

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A Home for Every Child

After sharing last week that our family was doing respite care for a 9 month old for another foster family, I was led to share more on Fostering – so today and tomorrow I will give you some information, some…

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Our Adoption Story Part Three

Hidden Blessings

We left off yesterday with the arrival of Jacob coming into our home just shortly before Christmas. What a Christmas gift he was! We finished construction in the nick of time to add a fifth bedroom in order to accommodate one…

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Our Adoption Story Part Two

The Call…

We began the process to get licensed through a private Christian agency in the local Seattle area. We also started a bathroom remodel for our upstairs bathroom that would be shared by “more” kids. We knew it needed to be done, but…

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Our Adoption Story Part One

Just One…

In honor of November being National Adoption Month, I thought it was time to share with you our journey to adoption. This is a rather long story, so I will break it down into three posts—today, tomorrow, and Saturday. Everyone…

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Looking at Adoption Differently

Written by Sarah Thacker “It’s a hard knock life for us. It’s a hard knock life for us. No one cares for you a smidge when your living in an orphanage.” This year the children’s theatre in my town is…

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