Tag: Virginia

• Foster/Adopt: Dare To Hope

  

  I love a good story. A good storyteller introduces tension and resolves it. All the loose ends tied up in a bow. The listener usually experiences complete closure. words + photographs Dr. SARAH THORNTON I especially love the Cinderella kind of story, where the underdog comes out on top. I took a Rowling and Tolkien…

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  December 2, 2021

  2021, December 2021, Foster/Adopt/Family

  Adopt, Andy Thornton, Christian Counseling Center, Cinderella, Court, Eaglecrest Counseling Center, Eczema, Foster, FosterAdopt Connect, Frodo Baggins, Graduate School, Harry Potter, Hope, Missouri, Missouri Baptist Children's Home, Rowling, Sarah Thornton, Scabies, Springfield, Tolkien, Virginia

• Waiting for Double Marshmallows

  

  I am like all the kids who eat the first marshmallow — you know — from those experiments. Experimenters (or parents) set one sweet treat in front of a child with the promise that, if the child waits until the adult returns, the child can have two treats. words + photographs TAYLOR CORCORAN Like kids…

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  December 2, 2021

  2021, December 2021, Faith, Storytellers

  Colby Corcoran, God, Isaiah 40:31, Jesus, Kelsey Kleier, Psalm 16:11, Psalm 34:8, Taylor Corcoran, Virginia, Waiting