January 18, 2019
by Maralee
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I have forced myself to read articles about the Hart family. I don’t want to read them, but I think it’s important to stare their story directly in the face and ask the hard questions. How could two women adopt … Continue reading
January 16, 2019
by Maralee
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Full disclosure: I did not want to watch “The Good Place.” And I didn’t watch it for a long time. Something about a depiction of the afterlife without any kind of theological accountability made me itchy. I still have itchy … Continue reading
September 12, 2018
by Maralee
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Three of my kids celebrate the anniversaries of their adoptions this month. It’s a time of year we tend to have a lot of big and small conversations about adoption within our family. We talk about what know about their … Continue reading
July 27, 2018
by Maralee
Comments Off on Adoption and The Truth as Best We Knew It
Last night my son brought out the adoption scrapbook I made for him just before we flew across the globe to bring him home. We’ve looked through that book together many times. We’ve wondered at the pictures of the tiny … Continue reading
May 29, 2018
by Maralee
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In July of 2016 it became apparent to our family that there were some problems in the way the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services was interpreting the rights of siblings in our state when it came to their … Continue reading
March 15, 2018
by Maralee
Comments Off on When the Adoption Moment You’ve Been Dreading Actually Happens
The other night my son ran out of my room in tears. He yelled a few things from the hallway, then slammed his bedroom door. I didn’t go after him because I honestly wasn’t sure what to say. I gave … Continue reading
February 5, 2018
by Maralee
Comments Off on A Trauma Mama Watches “The Greatest Showman”
My husband and I went to see “The Greatest Showman” a couple weeks ago. It hit me in the heart for reasons I couldn’t quite articulate. Then I took three of my kids to see it and I was familiar … Continue reading
December 29, 2017
by Maralee
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I went to a concert about a year ago. It was a “Christian” concert and I guess as is customary, there was a sales pitch in the middle for a child sponsorship organization. The guy who gave the pitch was … Continue reading
November 14, 2017
by Maralee
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November is National Adoption Awareness Month. I’ve written several half-finished pieces that just feel so incomplete as I try to say something about the importance of adoption in the life of my family. We are a decade into this adoptive … Continue reading
September 1, 2017
by Maralee
Comments Off on The Importance of Support in the Fostering and Adoption Journey (and some retreat info)
When we became foster parents about 9 years ago, we had a very small circle of support. We had a group of people who loved us and encouraged us, but the amount of people we knew who had been down … Continue reading