The baby’s hungry cry pressed in on my dreams. I squinted, trying to focus my sleep-blurred eyes on...
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Mommy come lately
“Mommy, how old are you?” my youngest daughter Madeleine asks me every month or so. I always get...
A miraculous recovery
The door opened, and a doctor came in wearing a gray lab coat, carrying a thick medical textbook. I...
Two moms and a baby
The house was filled with after-school noise. We had just walked in. My kids and their friends were...
Toxic taboo
Charnette had a secret. She didn’t feel comfortable telling her fiancé, Thomas, before the wedding...
Finding faith through pregnancy
I was seven months pregnant with our second child and being rushed to the hospital by my husband...
From Russia with love—to Oklahoma, USA Bringing a family...
The Russian orphanage was a refuge for Maria, but she missed her sister Natalia. During the years...
Warehousing the disabled: The case of Ron Wilkison
A little over four years ago, on Sept. 30, 1999, Ron Wilkison’s life changed forever. The 31-year...
Courage to love
In an age of mass communication, there seems to be a shortage of information (and stories) like...
A time to be born
I brought my nine-year-old nephew, Joshua, home with me yesterday. He is going to spend the next...