How to Actually Hear God
I’ve never felt God has communicated directly with me. I have heard that sentiment from several people. But isn’t that just the way it’s supposed to be? I once thought.
Changing the World – One Child at a Time by Diane Sonntag
Jean Gaunt “Look at this,” Jean Gaunt said, showing the Sunday newspaper to her husband, Tom. Their hometown paper, the Indianapolis Star, featured a story about nine siblings who were available for adoption. It was Mother’s Day 1999, and the irony of the date did not…
“Five Miracles in One Day” by Jody Murphy
This story was originally published in Amazing Grace for Families. It is an uplifting reminder of how amazing life and love can be. “I can’t do this anymore,” I told my husband Kevin. After three years of painful fertility treatments with no results, enough was enough. The strong medication and the extreme hormone…
Sweet Sixteen by Jan Walgomott
Adopting a sibling group of six had seemed like a good idea in theory, but in reality, it seemed to be pushing the Walgamott family beyond their breaking point. One of my sons had come into my room, distraught. “Mom, why do you let them treat you this way?” My children, ages…
Meeting My Daughter by Marsha Stocker
Marsha and Jim discovered they were expecting a baby while unmarried and still in college. They gave her up for adoption. It was a secret they kept even from their own brothers and sisters. The couple later married and raised three children together. Then, over twenty years after giving up their baby girl…
Healing Through “October Baby”
Although Shari Rigby was a seasoned actress, she was unprepared for the October Baby movie script. The movie is a story about Hannah, a college freshman who learns she was adopted and born premature as a result of an attempted abortion. She is shattered and embarks on a journey to find her birth mother. The…
Our Sons from Kenya
We never officially said “yes” to taking in a boy from Kenya, but had promised to pray about it. One thing led to another and in the end, many lives were changed. Calvin’s coming to us was an amazing answer to his seemingly impossible prayer. Years earlier, he had read a book about a boy…
They Just Don’t Understand
I once did not understand. So now, instead of getting upset when others don’t understand, I see it as an opportunity to inform or at least to pray for them. When I came to understand Catholic teaching on love and marriage, my heart grew to include the unborn children I once thought I did not…