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How to Avoid Compassion Fatigue

Poverty. Refugee crisis. Foster care. Homelessness. Natural disasters. Orphan care. Sex trafficking ... The scope of today's personal and political crises is unprecedented. Everywhere we look, someone is hurting. Every time we turn on the T.V. we are bombarded with stories and images of people around the world who…

What Adopting Parents Want You to Know

My husband and I were returning from overseas with our newly adopted son. We had spent 20+ hours on a flight with a screaming toddler, and I was pretty certain I had animal crackers and seaweed snacks lodged in my hair. We stumbled off the plane like a…