by Emily Wierenga | Jan 6, 2013 | beliefs, disappointment, doubt, faith, foster children, hardship, Jesus, jin, joey, motherhood, sleep, sorrow, trust, trusting
joey calls “hello” from the bedroom, in his new bed upstairs, because kasher and aiden sleep together now and he’s spending every second weekend here (with us providing respite) and the rest of the time with his mom in the city.it’s a quiet... by Emily Wierenga | Dec 22, 2012 | 2012, art, blessing, born, children, christmas, family, foster children, free, gifts, Jesus, jin, joey, love, madeleine l'engle, manger, nativity, prayers, printable
this is no time for a child to be bornwith the earth betrayed by war and hateand a comet slashing the sky to warnthat time runs out and the sun burns latethat was no time for a child to be born,in a land in the crushing grip of Rome;honor and truth were trampled by... by Emily Wierenga | Dec 19, 2012 | adam lanza, arranged marriage, christmas, foster children, grief, hurting, imperfect prose on thursdays, love, newtown shootings, pain, sandy hook school elementary, silent night, troubled
when it is dark enough, you can see the stars. ~ persian proverbthey call it the spaceship song, and i don’t know why, but i sing it for aiden and joey anyway. “silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright…” and then joey is crying from... by Emily Wierenga | Dec 10, 2012 | a broken hallelujah, christmas, foster children, hardship, humility, hurt, Jesus, pain, prodigal magazine, redemption, synchroblog
Father, forgive me, for I have sinned. For the month of October I decided I was done. We took these boys in last February and their mom had until now to get on medication, to get her ducks in a row, and there are no ducks and I’m done with grace. I’m done with... by Emily Wierenga | Nov 16, 2012 | childhood, cutting, eating disorders, food, foster children, God, gospel, guilt, healing, heaven, love, medication, mental illness, motherhood, pain, purging, sadness, saving, sorrow
(before watching video, scroll down and pause music player on right-hand side of blog…)it’s been a bloody kind of week.you know, the kind that seeps all red onto pillows from little boys’ noses after they’ve hurt themselves on purpose because... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 21, 2012 | adoption, agency, anorexic, brothers, burnout, christian, family, foster care, foster children, mercy, weight
we’ve taken turns quitting over the past nine months, since taking these boys in, last february. and it’s been a ripping at the seams, of our finely hemmed lives. but with the ripping there comes mending. and we’ve found it in the mercy of each...