(Michael and Amy Monroe) Knowledge and understanding is key. We need to dig deep, become learners. Remember, compassion for our children shouldn’t have a shelf life. “They’ve been home 3 years” is not an excuse for losing our compassion for a hurting child. Default strategies are often not helpful. What worked to successfully parent...
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This session was co-led by Michael and Amy Monroe, who have a church ministry that encourages adoptive families. They also have four children, two of whom were adopted. MICHAEL Michael reminded us that parents are the agents of healing for adopted children. To do that effectively, you have to be healthy yourself. There’s nothing...
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(Today I am live-blogging conference sessions at the Together For Adoption Pre-Conference.) ———— The speaker is Karyn Purvis, author of the book The Connected Child. More resources including videos are on the Empowered To Connect website. Adopting a child is not the same as bringing home a child by birth. New adoptive parents ask:...
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I rouse myself at 8 AM for a run with 3 of my boys. I head for the shower afterward, and my two little girls beg to keep me company. Usually I have the shower to myself, but thinking of the next four days I say yes. They grin in delight. We know goodbyes...
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I love it when people send me cookbooks to review, especially ones like this! As you might guess, The Homesteader’s Kitchen (Robin Burnside) emphasizes beautiful fresh produce. Recipes include tempeh and chard enchiladas, cucumber yogurt mint salad, and butternut squash pie with maple whipped cream. You can also learn to make vegetable smoothies, whole...
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Here’s the chicken we had for Sunday dinner, along with homemade mac and cheese baked with a crumb topping, fresh tomatoes, and apple pie. I was too hungry to fiddle around getting the perfect picture, sorry! But it was yummy– I doubt if anybody’d complain about a repeat of that meal!
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I got in 4 walk/runs this week for a total of 6.3 miles. I haven’t been following the C25K routine minute by minute. Instead, being a country girl, I’ve been regulating my running by telephone poles. The first week I’d walk the distance between 2 telephone poles, then run between the next two poles,...
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The winner of the Science Spa kit is Dawn F! ~~~~ I was happy to discover last week that it is practically painless to switch from (defunct-this-week) Bloglines to Google Reader. And glory be, it turns out I actually like the Google reader better! I read over 100 blogs a week, so I really...
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When I look into the painted sky I see so many colors They’re all a part of your design It’s such a brilliant display I love the way the stars shine for you And every single mountain bows down I love the way the universe is singing your song So I’ll try to sing...
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It is getting near the end of the month, and as I sat down to pay bills this afternoon, I peeked into my wallet to count exactly how much grocery money I had left for the month. $48 with a week left, and tons of food still in the house. No problem. As I...
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