Unfiltered Encouragement: An (in)courage Guest Post

by Lois Flowers

Two months after my husband and I adopted our older daughter, I found myself sobbing on the treadmill in the middle of the night.

We had waited so long for our sweet girl. In a short time, she had completely captured our hearts. I had every reason to be blissfully happy, not crying alone at midnight.

What’s my problem, I worried. What kind of person does this?

The next day at church, I saw a friend who had adopted her first child after 10 years of marriage. She listened carefully as I described how I felt.

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