Join me as I chit-chat about adoption, motherhood, and living for Jesus in the unique anabaptist culture.
I'm an Anabaptist mom of seven children (some adopted, some biological) and wife to my favorite human since 2005. A follower of Jesus, actively seeking to know the Lord more intimately by reading The Word and daily seeking the guidance of the Holy Spirit. I make lots of mistakes along the way but thankful for the forgiveness and hope of Jesus!
It won't take you long to realize, I'm not a professional podcaster by any means. No fancy set up, just me recording into my cellphone in my closet. But better to start small, then to not start at all. I hope you will stick around, I'm glad you are here.
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It's been three months since we came home from camp attach, have we seen a difference? Yes! is it still a lot of work? yes! But it's been worth it. One thing that has been helpful since coming home from camp, is giving the children permission to do the thing that I don't want them to do. It's been a game changer!
Camp Attach Info (https://www.theradishranch.org/camp-attach/)
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12 Jun 2024
17: Expectations
Should you be a foster parent?
What are you expecting and hoping for?
Are you feeling the promoting of the Lord?
What does success, in the lives of your children, look like to you?
Releasing my previous dreams of what my family would lookin like and instead, embracing my current family situation is freeing!
Foster care/adoption has been a gift.
Make sure you are on the same page as your husband, don't force him into it.
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29 May 2024
16: Asking Good Questions
It's good to listen, but it's important to learn how to ask good questions as well. Lets chat over some ideas on how to do just that. And again, I apologize for the bad audio. Hopefully by next week we will have it figured out!
Closed questions: yes or no answer
Open questions: who, what, where, when, how
- opens the door for further conversation
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15 May 2024
15: Tips on good Listenting Skills
Oops, there was a glitch during recording and this episode has a bit of an echo. Sorry about that.
Notes:
Being a good listener often require discernment and the help of the Holy Spirit.
Let the conversation be about them rather then always bringing it back to you.
Hear rather than judge.
Other people's pain might bring anxiety to us.
What to do with hard information?
Listen beneath the words- what's actually happening?
Listen so that we undertand them.
What is the tone and pitch of voice?
What is their body language?
3 types of communication: open, hidden, and unintentionally.
Give full attention- don't multitask
Do you find yourself always wanting to be busy while someone is sharing hard things? What does that say about us as the listener if we must busy ourselves?
Good eye contact, be relax.
Look for the nonverbals.
Acknowledge that you hear them with body language or words.
Invite conversation rather then being reactive to conversation.
Repeat back the key points of the conversation to ensure that you heard correctly.
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2 May 2024
14: Three Basic Needs
Three Basic Needs: Belonging, Worthiness, & Competence. Join me as I start this week with diving into notes I took over 10 years ago at a "counseling' workshop that changed me life. As moms it can be overwhelming to parent at times. But keeping these three things at the forefront of our minds is really helpful. We will mess up and make mistakes, but God is bigger than our mistakes. Our job is to be faithful and keep seeking His face.
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25 Apr 2024
13: Birthing Something New
I know I would not have been able to process the miscarriage the way I did if I hadn't gone through the counselor training program first. It was during my time there, that I "birthed" the realization that I don't trust God. Awarness is the first step towards change. That was back in 2012. It was in 2013 that I had the miscarriage and my epiphany about trusting God. I'm thankful that he keeps on exposing areas that need healing. He is good.
Mark 5:25-34 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+5%3A25-34&version=ESV)
Core one counselor training program (https://life-ministries.com/services/training/counselor-training-workshop/)
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17 Apr 2024
12: Happy Anniversary
It's been 19 years of being married to and loving the same man, I couldn't be happier about it! On this episode hear the story of how we started dating, including the bit about our 4 month engagment, along with our favorite advice that we give to newlyweds.
Note: In the podcast I said I started falling in love with my husband my junior year of high school, it was actually my senior year. It's a small detail but wanted to clarify.
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10 Apr 2024
11: TBRI conference and why I'd love to see you there!
I would love to see the church packed out with parents, grandparents, teachers, etc that want to build better relationships with their children. This is not just for foster/adopted children. It's free! You have nothing to lose other then your time. See the links below for more info.
Sign up for conference Hope for the Journey (https://form.jotform.com/211646541759058)
Info trailer about the conference Here. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_haT77UJE0)
Sensory video (https://youtu.be/gfx4cA-BhVI?si=YGDuksLNLpS9Dwky)from previous Hope for the Journey conference.
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3 Apr 2024
10: Birth Family and Adoption
We never expected God to grow our family the way He did. He shifted our view from keeping the children as our own, to instead, loving the birth moms. And not just the birth moms, but the birth mom's families as well. We now have biological aunts, uncles, grandmas and grandpas on our family photo wall. It's a beautiful gift!
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27 Mar 2024
9: Make it Sweet
I'm just too tired or too busy to read my Bible... the struggle is real, I've lived there almost all my life. On this episode I have 3 easy tips on how to make it happen. We truly can not afford to skip out on feasting on God's word, daily!
Favorite Bible Reading plan (https://biblereading.christkirk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-24-ENGLISH.pdf)
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20 Mar 2024
8: Camp Attach Part 2 of 2
It was hard, but so very worth it!!! So much good stuff happens at camp, if you can go... please go! See link below for more dates and locations. But for those wondering what we did while we were there for a week, here is a brief blip about it. Flight Checks, Classroom training, and family bonding games.
Nancy Thomas (https://www.attachment.org/blog)
More Camp Dates Here (https://www.theradishranch.org/camp-attach/)
When Love is Not Enough (https://a.co/d/59AWX2C)
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12 Mar 2024
7: Camp Attach: Part One of Two
We were so discouraged with the chaos and difficult behaviors. After praying about it, I switched up how I responded to the behaviors. We saw a postitive shift in affection and connection, but there was still terrible behaviors. Out of desperation we reached out to Camp Attach but heard nothing. So a friend advised we try calling Anne. Our lives started to change the minute she walked in the door. That meeting with her is what lead us to camp and gave us hope again! Come back next week to hear about camp.
Watch Anne's story here. (https://youtu.be/oaoQnQKed64?si=6ZThiUTILPePlkfk)
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21 Feb 2024
5: Self-hate vs Repentance
Mom guilt is real. What do we do when the narrative starts rolling around in our head that we are a terrible mom. Do we ignore it? Do we believe it? Or is there a third option? Looking at the lives of 2 famous Bible characters will give us some insight on that to do with guilt. Jesus offers us life, the abundant life!
12 Feb 2024
4: No more babies? Part 3 of 3
Part three of three: After adopting the three youngest children, we now had 6 children under the age of 18 years old so our home was "closed". We were glad to be done with foster care, but I always wondered (and hoped) if there was a baby girl in our future. Would the Lord suprise us with a miracle baby? Despite the impossible, we did indeed get that miracle baby girl, but not the way I expected. God be glorified, nothing is impossible with him. Don't put him in a box!
7 Feb 2024
3.Foster Care and Adoption part 2 of 3
Jumping into part two of the story, when our baby girl came and then left in November after living 3 months with us. That year we celebrated Christmas with just our three sons and felt the absence of her prescence greatly. Imagine our surprise, when one year later, we found ourselves celebrating Christmas with not three children, but rather six of them!
26 Jan 2024
2: Miscarriage and foster care part 1 of 3
Follow along on our journey of miscarriage, secondary infertility, and starting the foster care process. Foster care is a rollercoaster of the emotions for sure.
19 Jan 2024
Ep 6: Communication with kids
As a mom of a large family, it is a so important for me to be intentional about hearing from my children. Doing 'highs and lows" at bedtime has been an easy way to bring a routine of hearing each individual child. It's a two way street of blessing as well. It blesses me to hear what matters to my children and it's a blessing for the children to know they are being pursued and that we want to "know" them and their hearts matter to us. We don't do it perfectly, but its a step in the right direction.
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19 Jan 2024
1: Who am I and Why am I here?
Welcome to episode one, the intro. I'm an anabaptist mom of seven children (some adopted, some bios) and wife to my favorite human since 2005. A follower of Jesus, actively seeking to know the Lord more intimately by reading The Word and daily seeking the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Join me as I talk about adoption, motherhood, and living for Jesus in our unique anabaptist culture.
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