Attaching Hearts

UPDATE: Although this story does not mention RAD at all...I find the timing of my awareness of it interesting...given my last post. _...

A reader sent me this link . I am so grieved.  I do not even know how to process this.  CHURCH....let it not be so of us! and  Hosa...

I received a comment from someone who is wounded by this post.  Dear Anonymous, I am so sorry for wounding you.  Biblically speaking......

This article . Not all kids who struggle with attachment issues come home through adoption.  I was recently contacted by a woman...a ...

This blog post .

Every adoptive parent/sibling of an adoptive child who is struggling to attach that I know has started out well. Few of us stumble grac...

Ohhhhhhhh this is so good .  Cate posted it over on fb today. We can talk till we are blue in the face about how much some of our kids ...

I can't stop crying. If you too need a good cry today.. . watch this .  

Kazakhstan & Russia . Struggling kids & families who are having trouble & trying to find help...and the downward spiral that g...

Bradley and I recently met with a pastor/counselor to discuss the Biblical implications of ADOPTION and the churches role in it.   The lin...

RAD is isolating and it rips at the hearts of communities and families. At times, it can feel like the Body is turning a blind eye to the ne...

This message entitled Don't Adopt reminded me of an old post of mine over on our family blog. Rather than link to it...I will copy an...

For hurting families.  Hurting parents.   Hurting siblings. Hurting kids. Come, let us return to the Lord. For He has torn us, but H...

All adopted children have experienced trauma.  Not all adopted children struggle with attachment issues.  When we set out on our adoption jo...

I am sitting in the Parent's Waiting Room at Jump Street...one of those indoor trampoline jumping places...waiting for the kids and I mu...