Sherrie's Blog

Has your child ever asked something so deep, so unexpected, it made your heart skip a beat? In our adoption journey, one quiet question...

If you love an adoptee or fostered person who is hurting and you are brave enough to ask if they hate anything about themselves, they may...

When I saw this photo a few years ago, it drew me in. The combination of elements in the photo are open for interpretation. Perhaps the...

Adopted children have special needs that adoptive, first, and foster parents must learn  in order to become their child’s #1 cheerleader....

“Adopted and foster kids have every right to be angry. We are wounded beyond belief. We’ve judged by media and places of worship,...

<p>What are we to do with this, friends? Can we educate ourselves about these topics and be willing to lunge forward into forgiveness? It would be scary, like standing on the high dive platform before deciding to jump in. But, oh, if we do, we will be washed clean from bitterness and healed from loss and grief. </p>

<p>How I identify with the message of the framed print above my bedroom table named: “My Sandcastle.” It pictures blue skies, a sandy beach, and a four-year-old girl straddling a two- foot-tall sandcastle. Busy at work, she slaps handful upon handful of wet sand upon her creation, oblivious to the seagulls flying overhead or the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Just like the band&#8217;s drum major twirls a silver stick with two rubber ends, adoptive mamas must do much the same&#8211;always marching, moving forward, and directing. The two ends of her baton are adoptee self-worth and suicide, which in my adoptee mind, are untouchables. Mamas are ultra aware of this tension..in fact, hyper-vigilant. They hear about rising adoptee suicides and can&#8217;t imagine such pain coming upon their teen, or their family. Secretly, they may

<p>It takes something special to develop a Marine-like heart in the world of adoption. A person with a Marine-like heart has completed the hard work of getting free from his painful past or condemning self. Because he has nearly experienced death in this process, he has compassion for those that are hurting. The US Marines [&hellip;]</p>