And then we were 7, again. Life with 6 children has been an adventure. Our home is always loud. There is rarely time for rest. From the time the sun comes up until the time it goes down there is always something that needs taking care of or a Little that needs tending too. My… Continue reading Our Adoption Story Part 6 – the Final Chapter
Beauty from Ashes There was a time in my life that I never really understood what grief felt like. Deep grief. The kind that resides with you. The kind that you believe has finally left you but something, a smell, a song, a picture causes it to well up and it takes your breath… Continue reading Our Adoption Story – Part 5
Prophesy… If you have read our story from the beginning (you can find that here) you know that we had the incredible fortune to have made the decision to foster-adopt, completely unknown and at the same time, as some of our dearest friends. I like to think that was a “God-thang”. Lisa and Bobby Johnson… Continue reading Our Adoption Story – Part 4
Brothers… If you ever end up adopting out of foster care, the chances are very real that one day you will receive “the call”. The call that changes it all. The call that causes you to question what is the “right” thing to do and for whom. The caller on the other line was our… Continue reading Our Adoption Story – Part 3
Our Family was Complete… Jaycob Israel Mays. Our boy has a personality so large – he warrants his own paragraph. We never expected a baby. In fact, our plans were that we were going to adopt a little boy close in age to our only boy at the time, Michael. He was 8. Beginning with… Continue reading Our Adoption Story – Part 2
The Decision To tell our story fully, I have to go way, way back. As a little girl, our family talked often of adoption. It was just my sister and I, dad the lone male, was surrounded by 3 women. At that time I believe even our dog was a girl. My sister and I… Continue reading Our Adoption Story…Part 1
Wendy Mays 