By Gracie Hannah Adoption wasn’t on my radar. I desperately wanted to have my own baby, one who looked like me and my husband. I imagined our babies would have my husband’s fire red hair. I envisioned them inheriting our traits and personalities. Would they love music like I do? Or would they be good […]
By Cathy Griffith Twenty-seven years ago I had no plans to be a mom, let alone a grandma. Twenty-six years ago a baby entered my world. Her name is Caitlyn and she calls me “Mom.” Her children call me “Mammaw.” Beginning any new adventure can be stressful, but beginning a new job and becoming a […]
By Jewell Johnson “Mom? Janet and I are getting a divorce.” The voice on the phone paused. “No . . . no!” I shouted at our son. “Something must be done.” My husband and I had sensed for some time that our son and daughter-in-law were having marital problems, yet we were not prepared for […]
By Marjorie Kruger Gordon I should have written to you long ago, yet with each passing year I have more to say. When you were much younger, you made the most loving decision of your life, probably the most difficult. Yet no one ever thanked you. After nurturing an unborn child for nine emotion-packed months, […]
By Laurel Brunk As you kick off the new routines of back to school season, you may consider forming a new habit around the most important thing kids will ever study: God’s Word. If you do, I have an idea for you. But first, why does it even matter? Proverbs 22:6 puts it like this: […]
