by jamieivey | Dec 1, 2015 | Faith
October was one of the busiest working months of my life. I traveled a lot and spoke a lot, and although I loved every single minute of it, it kinda wore me down. I'm certain that people who travel and speak for a living have an extra dose of sanity in their head,...
by jamieivey | May 23, 2013 | Faith, Parenting
Like most of you I'm sure you have had some deep conversations with your kids lately about why things happen and the fears that might bring up in them. Things like the Boston bombings, earthquakes and tornados always bring up a sense of fear in my children that I...
by jamieivey | Mar 16, 2013 | Adoption, Parenting
Today we met some of our favorite friends at the Farmer's Market and had a blast. As my friend and I were standing in line to get breakfast tacos for all of our hungry munchkins I overheard her son ask Deacon and Amos if they knew who their real dad was. I stopped...
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...
by jamieivey | Feb 6, 2013 | Faith
Some days I want to run away. Literally walk out my door, start running and never look back. I have no idea where this comes from, but I'm guessing today it's from fear. I'm afraid of what I'm doing wrong. I'm afraid I can't do it right. I've said it before, and...
