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Heart Walking Outside My Body

“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” Elizabeth Stone I had heard a mom share this quote with me ages ago when I was fresh o…
My first baby

Our little foster baby turned two last month. TWO! It's hard for me to imagine that the little, tiny baby who was only crawling when she came to us is two years old. As I have been parenting our little (biological) ba…
God will not forget

Now I know what it's really like to GIVE myself for another. When Jesus calls us to lay down our lives, I always accepted it in the spiritual sense. Now I know what it means to do it in the physical sense. My body fee…
The smell of security

Babies know their mother's scent. I am constantly amazed by this. When my baby is in my arms and her face is buried in me, it calms her like nothing else. Even when she is screaming like it's the end of the world and …
Quiet times with my baby

I'm starting to have quiet times with my baby in the mornings. I've been reading psalms to her and teaching her what it means and praying with her. It occurred to me this morning as I prayed for her what a wonderful th…
Haven't had time to get caught up with things...so no time for blogging...but just wanted to jot a few thoughts from the last few weeks: Parenting without prayer is impossible. If it wasn't so hard, I wouldn't pray. I…
Parenting the second time around: foster/adoption vs. biological baby

Our little baby is coming soon -- very, very soon -- and we are super excited to be parents again. Again. Although this will be our first time as biological parents, it won't be our first time as parents. It feels a l…
Praise for Sam

Whenever Sam goes away on a work trip, we always hug and kiss goodbye at least a dozen times. It always crosses my mind that this could be the last time I would see him. As I thought about him today on the drive to the…
Panic about parenting

On my walk yesterday, I suddenly had a recollection of how challenging it is to have a baby in one's care. There's a never-ending, constant demand on your energy. There's a huge sense of physical, emotional and spiritu…
Empathy

A friend sent me a link to this article (click here) where a dad tries on pregnant belly suit for a day in order to understand what his wife went through during pregnancy. I like the article and think all men should try…