Holding Babies

Holding Babies

Holding Babies I time traveled yesterday. If you were to have seen me, I would have just looked like a woman holding a baby on a glider (rocker.) It was afternoon in early November and the weather seems to be wishing itself into autumn. The sky was grayish and in the...
A Word from Matt on Safety

A Word from Matt on Safety

A word from Matt on Safety      One of the most prevalent feelings in a new father is to protect. What else could the primordial version of ourselves have to offer other than safety? Many of us are wondering, how do I keep something so fragile so safe? It’s funny, or...
Introducing, Matt

Introducing, Matt

Why I’m here I’ve known I wanted to be a Dad from a very young age. The vague memory I can muster of the first time it came up is my devoutly religious mother giving me my first Bible. (That’s right, I would be gifted many more Bibles over the course of my life,...
Our Greatest Loves and the Thin Places

Our Greatest Loves and the Thin Places

A few years ago Sara Barielles released a song called “I Choose You” and it’s a beautiful love song. And a community of adoptive parents heard it in a way that the rest of us didn’t. I’ve never listened to love songs the same way because...