No More Orphans

This month, my husband and I, along with our faith community, are packed with the month-long campaign, NoMoreOrphans.PH, which aims to promote awareness and recruit families to bring in the fatherless in our region, as well as to equip these parents, among other goals. And because our fostering and adoption journey isn't just for us…

It Takes a Village

Our foster baby got hospitalized a few weeks ago---thankfully we were discharged last week---and we really got a taste of what experts advise those who want to venture into orphan care: everyone may not be called to foster or adopt, but everyone can do something. For example, my hubby and I slept in the hospital…

Why Living Books

We recently had an equipping seminar for the foster and adoptive parents in our region, and our guest speaker, a paediatrician with training in trauma-informed care, spoke on "Reshaping the Brain." One of her points was that children coming from hard places who suffered neglect in terms of relationships could actually experience healing and a…

The Power of Stories

I picked up a book from the second hand bookstore recently, simply because the author was familiar: a friend had given me a book by Sally Clarkson a couple of years back, entitled The Ministry of Motherhood, and I remember that it had impacted me greatly. This time, I glanced at this book entitled Different,…

Gregory and the Pretty Children

I always find it interesting when I come across references to orphans or adoption in all the books I read. It seems almost uncanny to find all these people talking about the fatherless like they were quite ordinary--and like it was very ordinary to be bringing them into their homes. A video I once saw…