From the Heart: ” Collection of Stories and Poems from the Front Lines of Parenting” may no longer be in print, but if you’re interested, you can connect and contact the editor at https://writeforcharity.wordpress.com/the-book/. Read More
Finding Laurie
Working for a community college has many perks; the best one, in my humble opinion, is that in addition to paid personal days, sick days and vacation days, there are multiple college wide days off like four days at Thanksgiving, two weeks at Christmas and a week for Spring Break. I cherish my time away Read More
Chosen: The Gift of Adoption
Adoption is a concept we understand. Some of us may know a person who was adopted, but unless you are adopted, have personally adopted a child, or experienced the process via close friends or family though, you may not comprehend the real beauty of adoption. Only in the last few years have I come to Read More
Not Alone
April 26, 2015 I will run my first 26.2 mile race, the 2015 Virgin Money London Marathon. I am nervous and excited all wrapped in one running package. I have never run 26.2 miles and honestly was not sure I would ever want to, but opportunity knocked on my door and I decided to answer. Read More
Farewell to Haiti
Wow!! It never crossed my mind that I would welcome the new year in thousands of miles from home serving on the mission field, but here I am. It’s officially 2013 and I’m in Haiti. I can’t help but think God was very intentional regarding my location for the first day of the year. My Read More
Chosen Half Marathon for Adoption
Spend any time at River Stone Community Church in San Marcos, Texas and I guarantee the subject of orphan care/adoption will come up. I was raised in church, but prior to our arrival at River Stone in 2009, never before had I heard orphan care preached as part of the gospel message. I naively thought Read More
From Halo to Half Marathon
At 5 a.m. September 15, 2012, an alarm clock interrupted my peaceful sleep. The day I had spent ten months preparing for had finally arrived. I yawned, stretched and stealthly sent my travel pillow flying across the room nailing my friend Lisa as she dressed in the dark. I knew it was going to be Read More