The Holy Ground of Grief (part II) How we Honored Our Last Two Days Together foster mama, grief/joyAbby MortensonMarch 9, 2026grief and loss, grief and healing, foster mama, foster care isComment
The Holy Ground of Grief (part I) A foster mother’s threshold foster mamaAbby MortensonMarch 9, 2026foster mama, foster care, grief and loss, grief, grief and healingComment
Dear Mom, a letter to you on your birthday. Dear Mom, thank you for teaching me how to love, and now, how to grieve. Read More Abby MortensonJanuary 15, 2024Comment
Year Two: Dear Mom, a letter to you on your birthday. Dear Mom, foster mama, thank you, GriefJanuary 14, 2017darkness, death, foster care, God, grief, grief and loss, Healing, hope, letter, letter to mom, light, momComment
When your Heart Really Hurts at Christmas Adoption Journey, faith, grief and lossDecember 22, 2016ache, adoption, advent, brokenness, christmas, embryo adoption, embryo donation, grief, hope, infertility, Jesus, loss, miscarriage, peace, sadness, shalom Comments
Between the Broken and Beautiful July 11, 2016brokenness and beauty, foster care, foster mama, foster parenting, foster parents, fostering, God's love, isaiah 58, life's journey, parenting, refuge, restoration, toddler, toddlers Comment
Five things I learned in Five Days of Foster Care orphan careMay 6, 20165 things, foster care, foster care awareness, foster care awareness month, foster care is, foster mama, fostercare, fostering, hope, loved, may, sacrifice, takes a village, US fostercare, worth itComment
To Be a Refuge: Making room for more Adoption Journey, faith, foster mama, God's Adoption, orphan careMarch 19, 2016family, foster care, fostering, God's faithfulness, God's love, God's plan, God's provision, Jesus, kids, love, refuge Comments
The Crack is where the Light gets in. faith, HealingFebruary 6, 2016art, beauty for ashes, beauty from ashes, creative expression, death, failed adoption, flourish, flourishing hearts, God, God's faithfulness, grief, grief and healing, grief and loss, grieving, healing hearts, hope, joy, joy instead of mourning, loss, mini-retreat, mom, mourning, online retreat, online workshop, retreat, trusting God, yoga, yoga workshopComment
Dear Mom. A letter to you on your birthday. faithJanuary 14, 2016anniversary, birthday, death, grief, grief and loss, hope, letter, letter to mom, losing someone, loss, love, missing mom, mom, mother, mothers, sadness Comments
On the Refugee Crisis and Following Jesus grief and loss, orphan careNovember 18, 2015adoption, Christian, Christianity, compassion, foster care, God's love, Jesus, love your enemies, radical love, refugee, refugee children, refugee crisis, refugee minors, terrorist attacksComment