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From My Husband: “If This Text Goes Through, I Love You”—The Day I Realized I’m Not OK

We played phone tag for hours and then he texted me a text I hope no one ever has to receive from someone they love and miss: “Still not working. Phone’s going to die. If this goes through, I love you.”

I Have a Black Daughter, but Apparently I’m Still Biased Against Black People

"I have a confession to make. It’s embarrassing...especially because I have an interracial family."

Atheist on Plane Trips Over Christian With Cerebral Palsy—Then Yells “If Your God’s So Real, Why Do You Have Those Braces on Your Legs?”

45 minutes later, he angrily shouted out the question that has been burning in his heart for years...

Maralee

Maralee is a mom of six pretty incredible kids ages 10 and under. Four were adopted (one internationally from Liberia, three through foster care) and two were biological surprises. Prior to becoming parents, Maralee and her husband were houseparents at a children’s home and had the privilege of helping to raise 17 boys during their five year tenure. Maralee is passionate about caring for kids, foster parenting and adoption, making her family a fairly decent dinner every night, staying on top of the laundry, watching ridiculous documentaries and doing it all for God’s glory. She would LOVE for you to join her at her blog A Musing Maralee, and on her Facebook page.

To the White Parents of my Black Son’s Friends

"I know that in a white family it is easy to use words like 'colorblind' and feel like we’re enlightened and progressive. But if you teach your kids to be colorblind, they may not understand the uniquely dangerous situations my child can find himself in."

To the Men Who Think It’s ‘Not My Job’ to Talk to My Son About Porn

"I was not aware when I wrote to my sons about porn there would be people out there (mostly men, from what I can tell) who think that as a woman, that isn't my job. They believe it's a conversation for fathers and sons."

Stop Using My Kids to Justify Abortion

"Here’s the thing—WE SHOULD NOT ALL ADOPT."