Bringing In Our Writing Team for 2017!!!! Meet Rachelle Alspaugh I am a poet at heart, a blogger for “fun”, and a published author by surprise. I am a Dual Language Pre-K teacher, a passionate Bible study leader, a soccer mom, and an adoptive mom. I love to travel the world and to write the…
I’m a poet. I love poetry, and God has used my love for poetry to help me process and make sense of my world. When inspiration hits me, I have to write. It doesn’t matter where I am, I must jot it down. Most of my poems are scribbled on small scraps of paper, in…
Music played softly in the background while a slideshow spread across the huge screen at church. Family photos appeared and disappeared every few seconds during the slideshow. Pictures of families with a little different makeup and chemistry, families who didn’t all share the same DNA. I couldn’t keep the tears from slowly rolling down…
God has taught me a lot about gratitude over the last year or so, and he’s also reminded me in a million ways that He will always provide for my needs. It seems we live from crisis to crisis, but He shows up in each one in a different way. I guess that’s…
“You do realize no one has ever done this before, don’t you?” I’ll never forget those words. Of course we realized it, but we also knew God opened the door for us to pursue this adoption a second time. He already knew the final outcome and would walk with us to make it…
“Don’t open this until you get home.” I’d heard those words once already just a few weeks before. A friend from church invited me out for coffee. After a lovely evening catching up, we stood beside our cars outside to say goodbye. When she reached out to hug me, she handed me a sealed envelope…
Who can we trust? Who will protect our Country? Who will stop terrorist attacks? Who are we the people putting our trust in? We want freedom and security. We want peace on earth. Is there one Presidential Candidate that can do this for us? I’ve listened to both Republican and Democratic debates. I don’t agree…
I love seeing big numbers in my bank account (especially since I so rarely see them). I knew our tax refund check would be substantially larger than most years once we filed our taxes post-adoption. I envisioned all we could do with a few extra thousand dollars. I planned to take my recently adopted…
“Sometimes a separation is necessary for the purpose of reconciliation. You really need to consider taking some time to live apart.” Our counselor then suggested the one thing I never expected to hear in a Christian counseling session. “You may even need to file for divorce.” Who would leave? Where would they go? How could…
Ouch. I held the letter in my hands, still feeling the sting of the words I’d just read on the page. “This doesn’t make sense. I graduated with a 3.8 grade point average! My teachers have always praised me for being a good student. How could I not get accepted?” I sat on the…
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