Should you place a child for adoption? Placing a child for adoption is a difficult decision—one that requires a lot of strength, prayer, and heart. In this exclusive interview, Tamra, a birth mother and adoption advocate, shares the story of her decision to place her son for adoption. Please click below to hear her heart-warming story….
Category: Love & Family
How Will God Interview Parents?
How will God interview parents? Will He judge them based on how they raised their children? Or will He judge them based on how many of those children made it back to Him on the straight and narrow path? Nathan Mitchell, the Clinical Director of the ANASAZI Foundation, gives a surprising answer! How Will God Interview…
You Are NOT A Burden
When someone struggles with depression, they will often feel as though their life is a burden to others. Ganel-Lyn Condie, a speaker and author, lost her sister to suicide in 2014 and the grief is almost overpowering. Ganel-Lyn has often expressed the feeling that she would rather have her sister—with all her imperfections—than to go through life…
Best Day of My Life
Remember when the best days of your life were filled with simple things–when things like catching a butterfly, chasing a lightning bug, being hugged or tickled by someone you loved, reading a good book, running through the sprinklers, or having a water gun fight were the center of your universe? Whatever your childhood looked like,…
Why You Should Say NO To Your Children
A recent letter to Washington Post advice columnist Carolyn Hax shares a couple’s concern about their daughter, who they describe as a “mean girl.” The couple claim that they have done everything to help and encourage their daughter, and have made her the “absolute highest priority” in their lives. In response, Hax gives this piece of advice that I…
I Wasn’t Prepared For Motherhood
I wasn’t prepared to become a mother when my son was born just six short months ago. But I didn’t know it at the time. After all, I had the crib and clothes and boxes and boxes of diapers. I had taken birthing classes and child development courses and had done my share of babysitting….
Lessons Learned From My Mother
“But something went wrong. For some reason, the surgeons had gotten pulled away from [my mother], mid-surgery, and left her open on the operating table for hours. A blood clot formed, causing her to have a stroke, which paralyzed the right half of her body. Everything had changed in an instant, and she wasn’t to blame for…
The Secret to Getting Rich…In Love
It seems very appropriate that I learned one of life’s greatest lessons while sitting in a classroom. I was in college at the time, meeting with a bunch of other twenty-something-year-old kids for our church group. There was no church building available, so we met in a classroom at the law school. Being young, we…
Would YOU Apply for the World's Toughest Job?
Motherhood really is a tough job. One thing I think the makers of this video got wrong, however, is the compensation. Mother’s may not be compensated with cash, but what they are given in return for their efforts is so much more wonderful. Every day when I look down in my son’s eyes, I feel…