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writing territories

I mostly write about...
Adoption
Faith
Teaching
Writing

Here's why...

Adoption
My husband, Andy, and I adopted our four children. Our youngest, Sam, has been with us the longest. We adopted him through a private domestic adoption in 2006. His birthmother was generous to us and we were there for his birth and every moment since.

We adopted our daughters, Hannah and Stephanie, from the state in 2008. They were ages 4 and 6. There were 10 days (!) between receiving the phone call and moving them permanently to our forever home.

In November 2012, we were unexpectedly called to adopt again. We quickly rushed through our paperwork and were ready for a child by mid-December. We received a call on December 17 for our new son, who moved home in January 2013. Jordan was 7 when he joined our forever family.

Here is a link to an introduction I wrote about us. (It even includes self-portraits!)

Building a family in a non-traditional way, watching children heal, learning to love more, and treasuring the ordinary moments are the fodder for much of my writing.

Faith
I want my life to make much of God. Because of this, faith is an organic part of my writing. I believe the Bible as truth and is relevant today. I believe we are called to love radically rather than to judge. I believe in God as Father, Holy Spirit, and Jesus. I'm not religious, rather, I'm walking in faith moment by moment.

Teaching
I am a full time k-12 instructional writing coach for a school district. I work alongside teachers learning, inspiring, and encouraging as we discover best practices for teaching writers. I blog with Stacey Shubitz at Two Writing Teachers, as well as write for Choice Literacy and Stenhouse on topics of teaching writers. I believe every person has an important story to tell and it is my job to help them tell their stories in the best way possible.

Writing
I'm intrigued by the writing process and am passionate about making the invisible processes visible. What began as way to help students personalize their own writing processes, became a driving force behind my own writing. I write in many different genres and topics. I love to explore the process, learn about others' processes, share my own journey, and find ways to inspire writers.

Thank you for joining me and helping me discover, play, and build words and life.

2 comments:

  1. Your thoughts & stories mean a lot to me. On this Canadian Thanksgiving am giving thanks for your words.

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  2. Love how you share your writing territories and why...
    Thank you for being so open about your walk with our Lord.

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