Stories
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Still Grateful to Share My Mother’s Dayposted on May 11, 2012 I wrote the thoughts below last Mother’s Day. As I celebrate this year the gift of being a mother to the four children I love so dearly, I will once again remember that they are each loved by other mothers…… Read More |
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Remembering Well on My Son’s Gotcha Dayposted on April 5, 2012 Today is one of my son’s ‘gotcha day’ — the day we remember and celebrate our coming together as a forever family. It’s a tradition that we have maintained over the years, but as my kids have gotten older and their…… Read More |
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Living the Dreamposted on February 26, 2012 Yesterday morning my daughter awoke to the sound of me singing softly in her ear. “I love your beautiful brown hair…I love your beautiful brown eyes…I love your beautiful brown skin…” Not really a song, I suppose. Just something sweet…… Read More |
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Parenting in the Real Worldposted on December 14, 2011 As adoptive and foster parents begin to learn about and practice the approach and strategies taught by Dr. Karyn Purvis in her book The Connected Child, many of them encounter various concerns, questions and even doubts. After all, for many this…… Read More |
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Why Christmas Stinks Sometimesposted on December 11, 2011 It was the third day in a row, or maybe the fourth. I don’t exactly recall. I do, however, vividly remember coming home from work and being met by my normally patient and long-suffering wife declaring in an overly frustrated…… Read More |
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Update on the Meeker Family’s Both Hands Projectposted on November 17, 2011 Bob & Amy Meeker, together with over a dozen family and friends, organized and led a Both Hands Project on Saturday, November 12, 2011. This project was a unique type of fundraising effort to help the Meekers as they continue their journey to…… Read More |
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Loving with Open Arms and “Both Hands”posted on November 9, 2011 Six years ago when Amy and I first met we talked a lot about our pasts and what we wanted for our future. One of the many things that we shared in common was our desire to have a family. …… Read More |
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Expectations Matterposted on October 18, 2011 When you are around Tapestry, you hear the word expectations thrown around a lot. I think I’ve been pretty confident that my expectations are right on, no problems here. Until my oldest daughter Elise started getting older and acquiring more…… Read More |
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Confessions of a Sorry Fatherposted on September 1, 2011 I want to be a good father. I even like to think I work pretty hard at it – certainly much harder than I ever imagined I would. But despite my best intentions and in spite of all of my…… Read More |
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Seeing Birthmothers in a New Lightposted on June 26, 2011 Annie McClellan and her husband Scott serve on the Tapestry Leadership Team. They recently welcomed Maggie to their family in May. Maggie’s birth provided Annie with a new perspective on how God builds families. But the experience of childbirth also shed new…… Read More |