Around here, moms make scrapbooks when kids graduate from high school. They gather pictures. They pull out the press clippings and the awards. They are putting together pieces to tell a story about this person they love, to show other people glimpses of the real person. If a dad did it, the scrapbook would have lots […]

Hope and I were folding laundry. She’s home for fall break. “Tell me some fun facts about Jesus,” I said. She just looked at me. “For a post?” she asked. Yep. For a post. It was one of those things that would be interesting. The trouble is, I’m not sure I have any fun facts, […]

A conversation with me can be odd.  A friend stopped by to catch up with me. We hadn’t talked for awhile, so we talked about some of the things going on in his life. In the course of our conversation, I asked him what he is reading. He thought a bit and said, “Other than the […]

Back in January, here’s what I wrote: That’s the message some friends got. 24 hours to decide whether to try moving ahead with an adoption. And they had no real assurance that moving ahead would ever end up with the child in their arms. “She might not make it through the night.” That’s what another […]