My mom was called home exactly a year ago today on October, 20th 2020. Many words have ran through my head since the day she left, but...

My grandmother was called home several months ago the February morning we got snow in East Texas. This doesn't happen often, and I'll...

Maybe they will be super difficult and hard to parent. Maybe they will have emotional damage that is beyond repair. Maybe they will cause...

As I watched a steady stream of young men and women file into the Cooper's house the day after Jacob was called home, I snapped this...

As I made my way down the steep steps of the courthouse to the long, narrow walkway the distance to my car seemed to get farther away...

Recently I set out to stain our porches to mark that off my summer to-do list. It was around 95 degrees outside when I started this...

Often times when I'm stressed or questioning if I'm making the right decisions...I eat cinnamon rolls! Haha Just joking...kinda! But who...

This summer I attended an amazing women's retreat in Waco. The planning that took place for me to attend was in depth to say the least....

About three months ago after driving in the rain I realized I was in need of new windshield wiper blades. I used the nifty book in the...

When I started the 2017-2018 school year teaching 1st grade there was one little boy in my classroom who was living in a foster home. He...

Before we started this journey we tried to prepare our family and friends for what was ahead. When anyone brings foster children into a...

After having a tubal pregnancy Eric and I were unsure about what our next steps were with becoming parents. We were excited to be...

Webster defines this as: not conditional or limited. When we use the word "unconditional" before the word "love," we are claiming to love...

It was a few weeks after "Andrew" was placed with us that his caseworker, Rachel, came to visit. She came in and introduced herself....

My dad has two sisters, Sandy and Deb. As a child I loved visiting my Aunt's houses. I stayed with them often and they always treated...

After O moved back with her Aunt and Uncle we were undecided about the next steps in our foster care journey. We knew we needed to wait a...

We get asked so often "why" did you decide to foster/adopt? We always explain it was just something that always tugged at our heart...

Sister stayed with us for eight months! During these eight months her mom and dad did nothing to get her back. We had no visits, no phone...

Help!! My mother worked at the Greenville Hospital when I was growing up. My mother soon was fired/laid off from her job after my parents...

Huh?! So sister, our beautiful blonde-headed, perfect little foster baby girl was a fire cracker! She had a walk like she was on a...