Adoption - Life on the Road Less Traveled

May 1, 2011

A Severe Kind of Mercy

As I contemplated writing tonight’s post, I read that Moammar Gaddafi’s youngest son and three grandchildren were killed in a NATO missile strike. The general survived, the report continued. On the other hand … how does anyone survive a loss of that magnitude? Ordinarily the news might not have made such an impression on me. However, I recently took my children to see their birthparents, who had not seen any of their four kids in seven years. It was supposed to be another seven years before Chris was supposed to see them, but Christopher’s birthdad had been having heart trouble. Craig and I talked about it off and […]

December 12, 2008

A Mother’s Silent Grief: Abortion

At “Behold Your Mother,” Christine Trollinger recently published a story about the statue in her “Mary Garden” — and the woman who gave it to her. She had aborted her child years before, and was still trying to come to terms with what had happened to her. Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patronness of the Americas. The Church celebrates the encounter between Mary, who appeared to a poor man named Juan Diego and gave him an impossible task: to persuade the bishop to build a chapel there. Filling his cape with roses, which had miraculously appeared by the roadside, Juan Diego […]

October 17, 2008

When Moms Fail

Today Catholic Exchange is running my article about the Utah woman who was sentenced to 15 years for killing her adopted son. Although not all adoptive mothers experience depression, there are many of us who have (or do). If you have a history of depression and are considering foster care or adoption, this article may be for you.