I’ve been doing some reading and training videos lately about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. When I listen to professionals talk about the brain damage and the lifetime challenges children face, my children, I cry. Its so hard to hear how much harder life is for them daily. It’s heartbreaking to wonder what pain the future holds […]
I keep thinking about their little hands pressing the dirt so gently as we planted tulip bulbs this fall. He came back a week later and said, “why the flowers not grow yet?” I smiled, “Oh sweetie, these won’t grow until spring when the sun shines warmer and the rain waters them.” He looked kind […]
The memory came back to me, long forgotten, triggered by the small arms clinging so tightly to me, and then pushing me away, saying “I want to do it myself.” Its funny how memories do that, ones that have not come to mind in a long time, all the sudden a smell, a place, a […]
We had some 70 mile an hour winds last week that woke me up wondering if a tornado was outside my window and left a nice path of downed trees all through our challenge course and back yard. I knew with the high winds I’d have plenty of branches to clean up, as it’s an […]
I like to hold on to things. I can easily see now that I have always had trouble letting go, moving on. I know some people are quick to the next thing, and I like to savor the moment. That’s a good quality I think. I like to get every last drop out of a […]
I was blessed to get to share about foster care and our farm retreat ministry on 99.3 KDWC this morning. At the end of the interview I made a desperate plea for listeners to consider foster care and adoption. In case you were listening and landed here, I wanted to share a link with you […]
We started Sunday Night Family Bonfires at our house this summer as a time for our family to spend together, talk about the week ahead and talk about the kids’ hurts and feelings. There are a lot of emotions our kids deal with that other kids don’t simply because they are adopted. There are also […]
Their eyes were sparkling with both excitement and just a twinge of fear. They ran up pushing past each other wanting to be the one to tell me first, this fun opportunity to tell mom someone broke something and it wasn’t them. “Mom,” Xavier tells me in his very serious, giving-bad-news-voice which is so cute […]
See this little guy? He seems harmless. Even a little pretty. I thought so a few years ago when I first spotted him growing in the grove of trees at my farm. So I didn’t pull him out and let him grow to see what he might turn in to. Gardening is mostly trial and […]
Welcome Everyone! This is Ann from Full Family Farms. I’ve been working hard on our new website. After a few years of blogging at annfull.blogspot.com I am excited to be launching our new blog here at fullfamilyfarms.com! After years of growing our farming business and moving to a new location 2 years ago we are […]