Adoption

The Chosen Life: Out of the Mouths of Babes and Wolves

The writing of the Chosen life required lots of praying and editing. I faced leaving and taking things out everytime I sat down to write. The challenge to be transparent drove me to my prayer closet many times. This particular blog was like a bruise on my heart. Not devastating, but enough of a bumpContinue reading “The Chosen Life: Out of the Mouths of Babes and Wolves”

The Chosen Life: Names and Faces

Last time in the vineyard I shared about the adventure of name changes. Obviously because I was a 3 month old baby, my transition was going to be easy compared to that of my older brother who was over 4 years old when he faced this. Because I was a part of a closed adoptionContinue reading “The Chosen Life: Names and Faces”

The Chosen Life…. Another Choice

After adopting Daryl, my folks had quite a busy year. They were busy with Daryl’s eye surgeries, work, and ministry. Dad was pastoring a mission on the lower east side of Detroit that met in a storefront. Edison and Beulah remained unsettled about their family but trusted God would add if He saw fit. ThoughContinue reading “The Chosen Life…. Another Choice”

The Chosen Life: God, Our Source

As I mentioned in a previous blog, The Chosen Life series was written with a particular family in mind who were preparing to adopt. I thought that would be the end of it after I had given them the journal. But then God began nudging me that the concepts of adoption, chosenness, etc., were soContinue reading “The Chosen Life: God, Our Source”