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Esme Schmidt Among the Fortunate

Among the Fortunate: Overcoming Foster Abuse

Celebration, Hope, Trauma

Esme Schmidt is among the fortunate. And she knows it. Had it not been for her adoptive parents, where would she be now? In jail and drug-addicted like her biological mother? Involved in toxic relationships? Chronically depressed? Suicidal?

No. 

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Kerry and Stephen Neander Living Beyond the Limits

Trials Didn’t Stop Them: Living Beyond the Limits

Celebration, Hope, Trauma

Stephen and Kerry Neander have weathered hurricane-force storms in their lives, but the tempests haven’t submerged them. Their trials have transformed and challenged them. Living beyond the limits has become their mission in life.

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Tammy Horvath

Forgiving Her Son’s Killer…And Herself

Celebration, Hope, Trauma

For Tammy Horvath, forgiving her son’s killer was easier than forgiving herself.

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A Story Only God Could Write

A Story Only God Could Write

Celebration, Hope

Angela Spier’s story is one only God could write. How else to explain the dreams and signs that compelled this mother to dramatically alter her life, her husband’s, and the lives of their children and grandchildren? 

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Trust in Something

Trust In Something Larger Than Yourself: A Mother’s Day Story

Celebration, Musings, Trauma

Jennifer Rose Asher isn’t religious, but she knows a higher power planned and orchestrated her adoption of a Vietnamese baby more than two decades ago. She just had to get out of the way and learn to trust in something larger than herself.

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Family and the Sense of Belonging

The Sense of Belonging

Celebration, Hope, Trauma

As toddlers, my big sister and I were like peas and carrots. She was my pal, and I hers. The older we got, though, the more we fought. Once, in a fit of meanness, she told me our parents had adopted me. For a second, my sense of belonging teetered.

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