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The Holy Ground of Grief (part II) How we Honored Our Last Two Days Together
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
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, a letter to you on your birthday.

Dear Mom, thank you for teaching me how to love, and now, how to grieve.

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Abby MortensonJanuary 15, 2024Comment
This One Wild and Precious Life
This One Wild and Precious Life
Abby MortensonOctober 20, 2023Comment
‘Flourishing’ Can Look Different Right Now
‘Flourishing’ Can Look Different Right Now
Abby MortensonDecember 3, 2022Comment
Dust and Breath and Made in God's Image
Dust and Breath and Made in God's Image
Abby MortensonDecember 3, 2022Comment
What is a Women's Healing Circle?
What is a Women's Healing Circle?
Abby MortensonDecember 3, 2022Comment
A Simple Mindfulness Exercise on the Miracle of Life
A Simple Mindfulness Exercise on the Miracle of Life
Abby MortensonDecember 3, 2022Comment
The Art of Silence
The Art of Silence
Abby MortensonDecember 3, 2022silence, solitude, peace, practice, restComment
Maybe it was Overwhelm…
Maybe it was Overwhelm…
Abby MortensonOctober 5, 2022Comment
Dear Mom,
Dear Mom,
Dear Mom, grief and loss, Healing, GriefJanuary 14, 2020 Comments
An Update: Honoring the Past. Moving Ahead.
An Update: Honoring the Past. Moving Ahead.
UncategorizedDecember 4, 2017Comment
Year Two: Dear Mom, a letter to you on your birthday.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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