Shining Moments

Those first few days after adopting Noelle were glorious shining moments. Our stay in the Russian flat was comfortable but I longed for home. There were still things to do. So I cared for Noelle,      enjoyed the  company of the sweetest young couple          and...

Shining Moments

There was one moment     in the whole adoption process        that shines brightly above the rest. It was a few days before Christmas 1993. For three days I had been spending time with my six month old baby girl   in the orphanage. My heart would beat with excitement...

Shining Moments

Troubles are part of life.     Count on it. Rain does fall. Prepare for it. I remember a time a few years ago when my girls and I were at the beach. A sudden shower sent us ducking into a nearby store. As we stood together inside watching the heavy downpour    I heard...

Shining Moments

I sat in the waiting alone.    Halfway around the world my family was praying. There I was in Moscow, Russia,     waiting for Noelle’s final physical examination to be completed. “Please Lord, help her to pass.” My heart cried out in anguish to the One and Only One....

Shining Moments

Some days remind me of my old blue English bike. It was a secondhand bike but I liked it from the start. My very own     Just for me bike. I could imagine myself riding it all over the Kansas City suburb. Or well    at least up my street. I washed my bike    ...