Amy Monroe
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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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How Do You Measure Success?posted on May 5, 2012 Check out the latest video from Empowered To Connect as Amy & Michael Monroe talk about the need for adoptive and foster parents to remain focused on what it means to be successful in the parenting journey as we love children…… Read More |
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New Discussion Group for Women Starting in Juneposted on April 26, 2012 The Connected Child, co-authored by Dr. Karyn Purvis, has become one of the most helpful and encouraging books for adoptive and foster parents in helping them understand how to compassionately and effectively deal with the challenges that they and their…… Read More |
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Seeing with Eyes of Compassionposted on January 27, 2012 I’ve written previously about the need for adoptive and foster parents (and all parents, for that matter) to see their children with eyes of compassion. Jen and Loren Decker understand this. I met Jen over a year ago at a…… Read More |
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Tag-Team Parentingposted on August 2, 2011 When I was a little girl my brother and I would stay up late on Friday nights to watch wrestling on TV. I know what you are thinking but trust me, it was different back then. The most popular wrestlers…… Read More |
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Practice, Practice, Practice!posted on July 18, 2011 Practice is an essential part of life — that is, if improving competence and confidence is our goal. This is no less true for adoptive and foster parents as they begin (and continue) down the path of parenting in a…… 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 |
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Replacing Dread with Joy this Summerposted on June 22, 2011 If I am honest I have to admit that in many ways I dread summer. In Texas, where I live, summer means heat – at times sweltering heat. While I do not particularly like the bitter cold of winter, the heat can…… Read More |
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Not Your Everyday Conversationposted on June 5, 2011 Not Your Everday Conversation: Talking with Your Children About the Difficult Realities of Adoption and Foster Care was presented by Michael and Amy Monroe at the 2009 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference. This presentation focuses on some of the difficult…… Read More |
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Grateful to Share My Mother’s Dayposted on May 9, 2011 Tears flowed down my face today as I sat in church listening to our pastor read the most sincere and sensitive prayer I’ve ever heard offered on Mother’s Day. He started his prayer with thanksgiving to God for welcoming us…… Read More |