“Our son is 3 and even though it was a domestic adoption he is of half Chinese descent. Most of the life books I saw on the market just didn’t suit our family; they seemed geared toward international adoptions, and I didn’t like the idea of having a bunch of empty pages sitting there!” Theresa […]
Archive | March, 2013
Day Twenty-eight – Little Ones on Behalf of Little Ones
I shared some weeks ago that my son’s first grade class has seen several children added to it through adoption and that one of those children is a little boy I’ve called Dawit. (I do change names for the privacy and protection of the folks I write about, unless I have their express permission to […]
Day Twenty-seven – The Foster Care World Daily News
Today I had lunch with a wonderful friend who also happens to be a child welfare worker specializing in adoption. As we always do, we talked about parenting, work, and adoption. We talked about global issues and we aspired to great things. Together, we fixed the world, of course. We figured out how to get […]
Day Twenty-six – “When I First Met My Son, He Was A Teenager”
There are so many challenging issues facing the adotion community and child welfare workers. These are pressing issues that challenge our resolve, break our hearts, and sometimes make us feel like we aren’t having an impact. Beureauocracy causes so many children to be Stuck. That and other factors (one of which is the many families […]
Day Twenty-five – Wait No More
Some ministries have come to my attention that highlight God’s hand with the Christian community on behalf of the orphan. The next few posts will highlight some of them. Focus on the Family’s Wait No More events are major regional events, happening around the nation. These events highlight foster care adoption and call the church […]
Day Twenty-four – Re-post: Set My Feet On A Wide Place
It came to our attention that when we originally posted this and the related giveaway, our blog commenting tool wasn’t working. That has been fixed. We are re-opening the giveaway! If you would like a copy of Kim de Blecourt’s book Until We All Come Home, please comment here and on our Facebook page, per […]
Awesome Adoption Resource
Everything about this product is top notch from the size, quality, graphics to the content! What a detailed resource to assist adoptive parents in their life long journey of explaining and living out our children’s unique stories. Love every page, you thought of everything! – Kate D., Customer, Wisconsin
Colorful, Concise, and FUN
I got the binder along with the pages. The binder is really well made and easy to get the page protectors in and out of. The pages themselves are cute and colorful and also thick and sturdy. The detailed pages are going to be so helpful to make sure you don’t miss any important milestones […]
Day Twenty-three: Life In Color…in Uganda?!
Before my friends left for Africa, they shared that one of the topics they were asked to cover in the training they would provide was life books, and the importance of documenting a child’s beginnings. I happily provided our demo life book, a 12×12 full-color 55-page album, in fill-in format, for their use. We here […]
Day Twenty-two: God at Work Through Film
I’ve said several times that God is moving through the church to draw orphans into families and to defend the fatherless. Something I’ve noticed recently is an increasing number of films that highlight the plight of the orphan. Jedd Medefind says it well in his blog post on the CAFO website entitled Art Imitates Life, […]