by jamieivey | Oct 28, 2015 | Adoption, Around the Web, Books, Foster Care, Parenting, Podcast
Happy Hour #60 is with Jillian Lauren. Jillian is a writer, storyteller, mom, rock-wife, and Los Angeleno, by way of Jersey. Jillian is the New York Times bestselling author of the memoirs Everything You Ever Wanted, Some Girls: My Life in a Harem and the novel...
by jamieivey | May 13, 2015 | Books, Food, Podcast
Happy Hour #40 is with my friend Shauna Niequist. Shauna is the author of Savor, Bread & Wine, Cold Tangerines, and Bittersweet, and is an enthusiastic hostess, home cook and passionate gatherer of people. Shauna’s three great loves are her family, dinner parties, and...
by jamieivey | May 12, 2015 | Adoption, Around the Web, Books, Faith, Parenting
This is about the time that you all will start filling up your list of books to read this summer, and I'm happy to say that I recommend all of these for you to devour this summer. Friendships, grace, and adoption are the topics, and might I ask what more do you need??...
by jamieivey | May 4, 2015 | Adoption, Around the Web, Domestic, Faith, The Austin Stone
I have said it a million times and I'll say it again, adoption is beautiful, but it is always built on loss. There's no way around that. For a child to enter a family via adoption, they always have to first leave a family. One of our sons was adopted at birth here in...
by jamieivey | May 1, 2015 | Books, Faith, Podcast
Happy Hour #38 is with my friend Jessica Thompson. This is now Jesssica's second time to be on the Happy Hour and I love it and love her. She's one of my most fun guests that I have had on this whole time. I feel like I could sit with her over chips and salsa and...