Our Child - The Imperative Connection between Birth-Parents and Adoptive-Parents | Katie Biron
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It made me proud as her mom that because of my efforts, we were able to fill in some of the holes in her story that occur when adoption...
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- Mar 29, 2019
- 6 min
Our Journey into Fostering and Adoption - It is Miraculous and it Hurts!
The first conversation I had - with the woman who would later become my wife - was about our desire to help hurting kids. We never wanted...
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Shannon Hicks
- Mar 10, 2019
- 4 min
No regrets in Death - Make it Count; When it Counts
Why do we wait to be stripped of life, strength, wealth or dignity to change and/or say the things we ought to? What would it take to...
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Shannon Hicks
- Feb 27, 2019
- 2 min
Get Instigated, Inspired, and Encouraged - For the Orphan | Refresh Conference March 15th, 2019
NOTE: Sponsorships are still available, contact us to find out more. For the last three years we have attended the Refresh Conference in...
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Shannon Hicks
- Feb 27, 2019
- 6 min
Hope Happens at the City Dump | Puerto Vallarta
In 2006, the “Familias de la Esperanza” - Families of Hope - mission discovered that whole families were living and working in the city...
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Shannon Hicks
- Feb 20, 2019
- 9 min
Kayla | From Disposable to Loved in Peru
KAYLA WAS ABANDONED IN THE JUNGLE AT 10 YEARS OLD. SHE LIVED ON THE STREETS OF THE CITY. THEN SHE WAS TAKEN IN BY A FAMILY UNTIL SHE HAD...
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Shannon Hicks
- Feb 14, 2019
- 5 min
Compassion and Atheism Saved My Life
I will be honest, I am a Christian, but it was not always thus. For the first 30 years of my life, I oscillated between systems of...
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Shannon Hicks
- Feb 9, 2019
- 3 min
School Shooter or Doorman - What do you want your child to be?
If your son or daughter were being bullied, would you want them to fight back or be a Doorman? Note: I did not say Door-mat! What...
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Shannon Hicks
- Feb 1, 2019
- 8 min
Today is My Youngest Son’s 1st Birthday.
Today is the day my second son was born, and now I watch him grow on Facebook. February 1st, 2018 Jimmy* was born, but I was not there....
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Shannon Hicks
- Jan 29, 2019
- 2 min
80-90 PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN ORPHANAGES ARE NOT ORPHANS
Yes, you read that correctly. So why are they there? Imagine as a parent living in poverty, unable to properly feed and house your...
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Shannon Hicks
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
Reflections on Hope(lessness)
The Latest National Foster Care/Adoption Trends 2008-2017 Each year the Children's Bureau, utilizing the Adoption and Foster Care...
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Shannon Hicks
- Dec 14, 2018
- 2 min
#MoreofThisPlease
We had a beach trip to the beach this week. It went well. But it touched me in a way that I'm still processing. I've been touched by...
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Shannon Hicks
- Dec 3, 2015
- 4 min
A Sister for Daisy; an Adoption Story
November 21, 2014. She was little and she was perfect. She was prayed for, specifically by her sister-to-be. She was almost 8 weeks old,...
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