Weekend Reading

Happy weekend!

Here's hoping you get the chance to enjoy a nice cup of hot tea, kick up your feet and do some reading.

First, a thought-provoking post from Tapestry entitled "Protecting What is Sacred."

 "We must acknowledge that we teach our children by our actions.  What we model for them shows them what is sacred. Adoptees have experienced significant fractures in trust, introduced mainly by the adults in their lives long before they ever arrived in their adoptive families. They need reassurance by their parents’ words and actions that the sacred nature of their stories will be honored. Parents must model sacred because for many adoptees they do not view their own life story as sacred."

You can read the full post here.

My friend Leslie took a really honest look this week at the reality of aging out of the foster care system. The statistics are staggering. Each of us should pause and pray about what our role in foster care should be. You can read Leslie's post here.

Here's a really wonderful post on loving families with special needs children.

Enjoy!

And congrats Reagan! You won the giveaway for 31 Nuggets of Hope!