by jamieivey | Dec 10, 2015 | Adoption, Domestic, Faith, Family, Podcast
Happy Hour #66 is with Amanda Jones. Amanda is a Jesus-loving Texas girl married to a preacher boy from Missouri. They have 2 elementary-age kids, a new baby girl, and a four-year-old church they planted with their friends. Amanda loves laughing with her family,...
by jamieivey | May 1, 2014 | Adoption, Domestic, Family
November 11, 2005 this beautiful baby boy joined our world and as you can see from the picture above we were all a bit smitten with him. My favorite memory from this day was the awe that Cayden, my crazy 22 month old, had for this tiny new creature that was his new...
by jamieivey | Oct 9, 2013 | Adoption, Domestic
Dear Jamie of 2005, Your second son has just been born and you had no clue how you would feel about him. You didn't birth him, and your biggest fear would be that you would look at him and feel nothing. That you would feel as though it was your neighbors...
by jamieivey | May 6, 2013 | Adoption, Domestic, Guest Post
Adoption has always seemed important to me. I always thought it was a great thing to do and that it was something Christians were specifically called to do because of this one verse from the Bible- James 1:27 Pure and faultless religion is this, to look after orphans...
by jamieivey | Feb 12, 2013 | Adoption, Domestic, Parenting
As I was picking up the kids from school today another kid from the back of the line piped up and said to me, “you adopted these kids?”. For me these conversations are much easier with kids than adults, and so without even skipping a beat, I looked up and...
