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Seeing with Eyes of Compassion
I’ve written previously about the need for adoptive and foster parents (and all parents, for that matter) to see their children with eyes of compassion. Jen and Loren Decker understand this. I met...
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New Discussion Group for Women Starting in June
The Connected Child, co-authored by Dr. Karyn Purvis, has become one of the most helpful and encouraging books for adoptive and foster parents in helping them understand how to compassionately and...
View ArticleHow Do You Measure Success?
Check out the latest video from Empowered To Connect as Amy & Michael Monroe talk about the need for adoptive and foster parents to remain focused on what it means to be successful in the parenting...
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Still Grateful to Share My Mother’s Day
I wrote the thoughts below last Mother’s Day. As I celebrate this year the gift of being a mother to the four children I love so dearly, I will once again remember that they are each loved by other...
View ArticleThe Dog Days of Summer
Summer is in full swing and it seems like déjà vu all over again. I’ve written in the past about the challenges that summer presents for me as a mom. In listening to many of my friends, it sounds like...
View ArticleCan You Say You’re Sorry?
Sometimes, the baby wakes up at 5 am with a fever, and your 4 year old comes bouncing in an hour later excited for the first day of school. As you are struggling to wake up, sort through what a sick...
View ArticleA Brief History of Tapestry
We are often asked questions about how Tapestry began. Here is a short video that gives you just a bit of the history – The video was created as part of a church-wide focus called Journey On — a...
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Finding Help & Hope for the Journey
It began simply enough. We had welcomed our son home less than a year earlier, and we were on our way home from a small gathering of adoptive families at a local church. That evening was spent...
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Oh No, I’ve Said Too Much
We’ve all done it. I dare say there is not an adoptive or foster parent alive that has not had that sinking feeling as they walked away from a conversation, hung up the phone, or re-read their online...
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Compassion Is the Answer. What’s the Question?
I’ve been talking with a lot of moms lately and many of them are struggling with their kids. I get it. There are days I struggle too. The issues we face vary from the small, frustrating and...
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