Celebrating Nia’s Adoption Day: 4 years later

November 18, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

Today marks 4 years since I stood before the judge, my village, and a crowd of others who were also finalizing their adoptions that day, and I breathed in a full lung filling breath. I believe that from the moment my youngest daughter was placed in my arms at 17 days old to the moment […]

I fell in love with her.

March 8, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

Good Morning Gorgeous, It’s a brand new day. A fresh new start. A new day to rise and love those you encounter with all you’ve got. Love when it’s hard. Love when it’s scary. Love when you have something to lose. Love when your pride is on the line. Love. Love. Love. Today is the […]

A letter to my daughter on the anniversary of her adoption.

November 18, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Today, marks 3 years since the judge signed and sealed my youngest daughter legally and permanently into my care as her mother. I looked through the pictures from that day and all the feelings came rushing back. I saw the Hands of God move in that season. The adoption process is the most challenging journey […]

Reveling in God’s goodness!

September 7, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

About a month ago, our family dressed up on a Friday afternoon and headed to a nature park to meet up with our favorite photographer. (Well our only photographer.) We met her three years ago to have family pics taken when Nia was a newborn, and that beach photo session became my testimony because hours […]

Do you have a God story to tell?

April 28, 2020.Reading time 13 minutes.

Good Morning Gorgeous, It’s a brand new day. A fresh start. A new day to rise up, and walk victoriously through anything warring against your peace. We were never meant to live in turmoil. We are a people designed to walk victoriously. Jesus said that we would have troubles, but to take heart because He […]