My Sweet Hero
A week ago, an ER doctor stuck her head in our room and said, "The neurosurgeon will be in, but he will be heading up the ICU and will...
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Laura
- Dec 25, 2021
- 2 min
Every Weary Soul Finds Rest Here
This year, I have been so excited for Christmas. Last year, I was hunkered down with Ella. A Christmas in the trenches of a new adoption...
Laura
- Dec 19, 2021
- 2 min
Warrior
It’s been an unexpected week. Kai and Asher had a collision (similar to the 1,000 others they have had before). But this one proved to be...
Laura
- Dec 3, 2021
- 1 min
Transformed
It’s just hard to believe this is the same girl. Healing is growing here. Happy family day Ella Aarti!
Laura
- Nov 26, 2021
- 1 min
When I am Afraid
Our thanksgiving was sweet. Our first as a family of six. No cute family photos though. Ironically, I eventually realized I never even...
Laura
- Nov 24, 2021
- 1 min
One Year of Family
One year ago today, you left your orphanage. One year ago today, you lost everything familiar. One year ago today, you gained your...
Laura
- Nov 24, 2021
- 1 min
Our Rajasthani Princess
Twelve Months of Family!
Laura
- Nov 21, 2021
- 1 min
Not Enough
As we approach one year of Ella in our family, this feels all the more relevant. The loss and hurt and death and broken in her body and...
Laura
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
Both
We were driving today from CHOP when the quiet voice in the back asked to see his family bracelets. Whenever Kai asks this, I know...
Laura
- Nov 10, 2021
- 1 min
World Adoption Day
Today is world adoption day. These smiles don’t mean that adoption is all happy or wonderful. Adoption is actually best seen in holding...
Laura
- Nov 4, 2021
- 1 min
Need a Reminder?
Everything sad is going to come untrue and it will somehow be greater for having once been broken and lost. Tim Keller
Laura
- Oct 2, 2021
- 2 min
Overwhelmed
When you walk into church, your husband is preaching and you see the title of the sermon, "How to Love Others When Your Tank is Empty,"...
Laura
- Sep 15, 2021
- 2 min
God Sees
This process has been so hard. COVID had complicated almost all of the services Ella needs. Attachment has been painfully slow. There has...
Laura
- Aug 18, 2021
- 1 min
Love Better
We recently noticed a little boy continually asking Kai if he was related to another boy. Kai would point out who his parents were, but...
Laura
- Jul 31, 2021
- 1 min
Happy Birthday!
In a perfect world, you wouldn’t need us. Yet God, in His sovereignty and mercy and power brings beauty from ashes. I am forever...
Laura
- Jul 22, 2021
- 1 min
Connection Heals
This is reality 5% of the time. Asher and Kai were almost immediately best friends. It hasn't been the case this time around. She often...
Laura
- Jul 15, 2021
- 1 min
Open Your Heart
You can’t open your heart to the vulnerable and defenseless and not be transformed by them. You can never unsee what you now see, unknow...
Laura
- Jun 28, 2021
- 1 min
Be Changed
I have heard it said that adoption is not happily ever after, but a story of beauty from ashes. Children belong in families. But this...
Laura
- Jun 21, 2021
- 1 min
Thirteen
Yesterday we celebrated 13 years of marriage. A lot has been packed into these years. Had I known what the future would hold, I'm not...
Laura
- Jun 5, 2021
- 1 min
Ella's Journey Video
Tomorrow marks 6 months since we took custody of Ella. Here is a glimpse of our journey. #hopewins#hopestillwins#ellawillcomehome#indiaa...