I have had a desire all day to write about adoption. It possibly could be because today is Orphan Sunday or maybe because I have watched my Facebook page blow up in the best way with posts from sweet friends sharing their prayers for orphans around the world. Or most likely, it is because as I... Continue Reading →
God is a God of fulfilled promises and He always takes care of the details in those promises. I know this. I trust this. But, just because you know and trust in something, does that mean you are always immediately obedient to that truth? Go back with me over 3,000 years. The Israelites are slaves in... Continue Reading →
Yes! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you Jen Hatmaker for giving words to my heart's thoughts! Thank you for saying out loud THE thing that so many women (and by that I mean definitely me) think, but will rarely say. Living with The Mythical They is exhausting. I was visiting with a dear friend a... Continue Reading →
White slip-covered couches. Tall swings from hundred year old oak trees. Wrap around front porches. Shuttered windows. Scent of the salt air from the ocean. I dream. I sigh. This dream of mine could be ironically funny to those who know me best, considering I have lived in the flat, dry plains of West Texas almost... Continue Reading →
As I stood at my kitchen sink this morning, my eyes were drawn to a photo I have placed on the window sill from our 20th wedding anniversary trip with our family last summer. It shows our three kids on the beach with "Cayman 2012" scrawled in the sand in front of them. As I... Continue Reading →
Kim Wideman 