Welcome
Welcome! I’m so glad you’ve found my little corner of the internet. I am a military wife, mom of 4, and writer, and this place is a place of hope and hard-learned lessons. It was born and cultivated during my toughest days after adopting a child with a life-limiting condition while already being a mother to rambunctious toddlers. God led me through those tough days of grief and pain and fear and taught me lessons that have changed the very core of my being. By his grace, I survived those days, and it’s that very grace that I want you to know.
Grace that forgives, grace that sustains, and grace that changes.
Too many of us find ourselves drowning under the pressure that comes with motherhood, no matter how different one experience is from the next. It’s a suffocating mixture of external pressure from to-dos and other’s expectations piled on top of internal pressure from self-criticism and a faulty pursuit of perfection. It’s suffocating, but I know it doesn’t have to be that way. We are free to live unburdened. Even in the most trying times, we have the opportunity cling to a God who will carry the load for us. It’s a freedom I want you to know. Please Subscribe to my page to receive a printable set of Bible verses to carry, promises straight from God that remind you you are not alone in this struggle.
Want to know a little bit more about our family?
We are John, Lauren, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and The Flash, our no-so-little family of 6. Don’t worry, I didn’t name my kids after superheroes, though I do think they’re pretty super. I survived the toddler years with Superman and Batman and they are now rambunctious young boys. Flash is our baby/toddler bringing up the caboose and itching to get into all the action, and if early indications are correct, he’s going to show all of us that we have only experienced the tip of the iceberg when it comes to rambunctious. Wonder Woman is our only daughter, and truly our wonder. She was born with a condition called hydranencephaly, caused by losing the majority of her cerebral cortex in utero. When she was adopted, doctors told us she wouldn’t see her first birthday, but our little miracle is thriving three years later. To write that sounds amazing. It was. She is. But to live through the fear, doubt, grief, and unmet expectations has been a series of hard lessons in learning how to cling to hope and faith. I know that our daughter’s condition is still life-limiting, but more than that, I know that hope sustains, and hope does not disappoint. And the beauty of this hope, if that weren’t enough, is that it extends far beyond my family and my own hard circumstances. It reaches out for each one of us, daring us to hope and to meet the One whose very natures gives life and hope for tomorrow.
You can contact me by email at LRobertson731@gmail.com whether you have questions about adoption, special needs adoption, or the goodness of God, I’d love to chat.
