Who hasn’t seen the KONY 2012 video that’s circulating this week? Really?  May I schedule a writer’s retreat under your rock?  It sounds like a blissful place…but i digress…. As with any activist cause that gains visibility quickly, there have been critics. No one denys that Kony is a rotten guy who has done countless rotten things.  The controversy surrounds who can and should be taking action to improve the situation in Central Africa, and what actions(s) are needed. The strongest critics contend that Kony’s influence has waned dramatically in recent years, and the issues facing Central Africa demand a […]

Read More

Waiting sucks. I’m impatient.  Mark is even more impatient.  Neither of us stand in line well.  He continues to shop.  I read random things on my phone.  We don’t like waiting. One of of top three questions when people begin to think about adoption is “How long will it take?”  Clearly, Mark and I are not the only ones who aren’t fond of long waits. Why the wait? When we decided to adopt, we assumed that an international adoption would be quick, especially for an older child.  Quicker than domestic.  Certainly quicker than waiting to be chosen by a birth […]

Read More

Everyone always does Top 10 or Top 5…Well, I’m not everyone. The top 4 posts for the month: Love Song For A Conference – sharing my excitement at attending Jon Acuff’s second Quitter conference Vinyl Fever – Part of Michelle Woodman’s Blog Carnival, a fun remembrance (and lively conversation) of my first music purchase Adoption Found Us – A very awkward video of my eyes following a fly around the room while Mark and I share our adoption story What Can I Do? – The culmination of the seven-part “This is NOT ok” series about the Global Orphan Crisis. Thanks for […]

Read More

Today, I’m honored to be trading posts with Ryan A. Weaver on his blog. Check out my post about how I crashed and burned and tried to reinvent myself here. The post below is from Ryan.  Ryan is… a loser, a lover, a leader with 8 years of youth ministry experience.  It is his desire that people would see Jesus through his leadership.  Ryan blogs devotional thoughts as well as posts relating to adoption, porn & sexuality and other random things at www.ryanaweaver.com.  Follow him on Twitter @ryanaweaver.   This is not a rant about religion. This is just a reminder […]

Read More

Today I’m participating in a Blog Carnival about first music memories. Don’t miss the other amazing contributors who shared their own memories linked at Michelle Woodman’s blog.  Big thanks for Michelle for such a fun and inspiring topic!   Once upon a time, people could buy records at the grocery store. Records, you know?  Those big, flat, black platters made of hard vinyl?  The old fashioned iPod? Music was different then.   I strain on my tippy-toes, arms stretched to reach the back of bin.  I carefully flip from one album to the next. Andy Williams oozes through the PA at […]

Read More