It’s Ugly, But Don’t Look Away
Abandonment is the problem. Neglect is the problem. Trauma is the problem. My son is not the problem.
Harmony Klingenmeyer is the wife of Scott and the adoptive mother of three sons. Over the past five years, she and her husband have parented sixteen children out of the foster care system in Douglas County, Oregon.
Abandonment is the problem. Neglect is the problem. Trauma is the problem. My son is not the problem.
“Out of control”, “monster”, “destructive” were stuck to him every day… but none of them was his name.
Do we understand that we are carriers of a presence that is meant to invade every circumstance and bring His glory to every situation?
The children in our lives are learning what God looks like, sounds like, and acts like by watching us.
Sorrow for what can never be does not diminish the joy of what you have been given.
