October 1, 2013
by Maralee
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Every month I’m blessed to be able to share a mom’s perspective on the My Bridge Radio prayer focus for that month. This last month the focus was foster care and for the first time I didn’t have to do … Continue reading
September 10, 2013
by Maralee
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*Disclaimer: I am not employed by a foster care agency. I do not work for the Department of Health and Human Services. I have not ever been a caseworker. Some of what I am going to explain may be limited … Continue reading
August 18, 2013
by Maralee
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You can watch it all unfold in realtime here or even here. Between all the pictures I was taking and the adoring siblings/fans waving goodbye, I think Josh went to school feeling sufficiently like a celebrity. First Grade, look out! … Continue reading
August 8, 2013
by Maralee
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The adoption journey is intensely personal. Each family has to decide what they are best qualified to do and what resources they have available to them when they begin to research their options. For some families, they feel the call … Continue reading
July 23, 2013
by Maralee
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I tend to be a binge reader, especially when I come across something that speaks to me. This explains why I am currently half way through Jen Hatmaker’s book “7” after picking it up two hours ago. I finally got … Continue reading
July 11, 2013
by Maralee
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This is an excerpt from a guest post of mine over at Fireflies and JellyBeans. I never thought I’d do a guest post at a crafting blog, but the ladies who run it are both adoptive parents and wanted to … Continue reading
June 26, 2013
by Maralee
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Here’s a link to my most recent radio interview about being a “missional family”. The highlights: My faith journey: my parents were great examples of faith and helped lead me to Jesus when I was very young, but it took … Continue reading
June 13, 2013
by Maralee
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I have been blessed to help raise a bunch of kids over the last decade. I’ve seen lots of personality types and have learned that the ease at which an adult bonds with a child is very specific to how … Continue reading
May 17, 2013
by Maralee
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You can listen to my thoughts on parenting and forgiveness here. Here’s a summary of the topics we covered: -Don’t push your kids to offer forgiveness before they’re ready. -You may have to forgive your kids for intentional or unintentional … Continue reading
May 13, 2013
by Maralee
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Okay, so not “we” as in Brian and me, but “we” as in our church community. Over the last couple years we’ve been blessed to have a bunch of little foster babies make their debut. Some have been with us … Continue reading