I have always liked to have everything “just so”—organized and as perfect as possible. I appreciate the pretty things in life, the beauty in words and creation and song—I’m really not a fan of mess and blood and haphazard! I remember giving birth to my sweet daughter and asking the nurses to “please clean her up and put a bow in her hair”… it might have been the gas and air talking, but you get …
It was 9 pm and I was standing in the bathroom, waiting. I hadn’t felt good when I woke up that morning but after a full day it was only now that I had the chance to confirm my suspicions. The two-minute timer beeped loudly and there they were, two solid lines staring back at me. I was pregnant. I dropped the test stick to the floor as my heart sunk and tears poured down …
I’d been single my whole life. I had never been on a date, I’d never been kissed, I’d never held hands, I’d never had anyone show any expression of interest in me what-so-ever. At 28 years of age, I was remarkably single. Of course everyone’s natural solution to my singleness was to try online dating. Fueled by a mix of exasperation and curiosity I signed up so I could prove to everyone, once and for …
It is difficult to put it all into one page, but I was born in Taiwan and then adopted by an Australian family at six weeks of age. There are many unanswered questions surrounding my birth family but growing up I knew nothing but unconditional love and acceptance from the wonderful woman and man that I call mum and dad. We lived in Adelaide, Australia and from as early as I can remember God was …
The story I’m about to share is one I would rather forget. Yet at the same time I hope I will always remember it too. It’s one of those life-altering stories about redemption and it starts in the very unlikely setting of a Planned Parenthood clinic. ‘There is not a heartbeat yet, there won’t be for another 3 days,’ said the nurse. That was the defining moment that turned an appointment into a justification. ‘If …
