Melissa Whitlock
- Nov 26, 2019
- 4 min
Bloom Family Designs: A Creative Way to Get Involved in Adoption and Foster Care
Ever since I was young, adoption was something that grabbed my attention. I did not always know if I would personally be able to adopt a child or not, but I knew that caring for children in need of a family was necessary. Years later, when my husband and I started discussing adding children to our family, adoption for me was at the top of the list. We considered adopting a child before having children biologically. Then, to our surprise, we found out that we were expecting ou
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Lauren Elizabeth Miller
- Nov 11, 2019
- 3 min
How Do I Know If I'm Called to Adopt?
How do I know if I’m called to adopt? This is a question I frequently get asked. We know that the Bible calls every single one of us to care for orphans. “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress…” James 1:27 The Bible doesn’t say that all of us should adopt. It simply says that we need to take care of orphans. Orphan care can happen through child sponsorship, family preservation, foster care, grant
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Lauren Elizabeth Miller
- Aug 14, 2019
- 2 min
To My Daughter's Bio Mom the Night Before Kindergarten
You’re always at the forefront of my mind. Especially on birthdays or anytime something exciting happens in Brielle’s life. Tomorrow she starts Kindergarten. She genuinely loves learning and playing with friends so she is going to LOVE school. Tonight though, I thought of you and cried as I remembered that you are missing her first day of Kindergarten. There will always be so many things I wish you were here for. I know it’s crazy to say because she wouldn’t be here with me i
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Lauren Elizabeth Miller
- Jul 30, 2019
- 2 min
Waiting Well: Fighting to Remember God's Faithfulness
It’s funny how quickly we forget. We forget the morning sickness after we have the baby. We forget the resume building after landing that dream job. We forget the exhausting house search once we’re all moved in. We forget the months and months and months of waiting after our child’s adoption is finalized. Forgetting can be a reward after a hard-fought wait, but lately, I’ve been trying to remember. I am craving remembrance and concrete memories because we’re waiting. Right no
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Kara King
- Jun 4, 2019
- 4 min
Kara's Story: Unanswered Questions of an Adoptee
My name is Kara King, and I am adopted from South Korea. Being a transracial adoptee, I feel like I always have a question. When I was young
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Lauren Elizabeth Miller
- Apr 8, 2019
- 3 min
The Gift of Shattered Dreams
I had the opportunity to volunteer for Bloom Family Designs recently. Melissa, the founder, is so sweet and has a huge heart for adoption and foster care. She wanted to do something to support families so she began designing rooms at no cost to the family for adopted/foster kids to help welcome them HOME. We all can do something, right? When I left my house that morning, it was just like any other morning. As I drove away that afternoon after organizing a bedroom for two prec
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