Comments for Blessings Beyond the Barnyard

We’ve cried a bunch Cussed a little and loved a lot over the last year. Adoption. Even as I type the word, I feel myself buffering, searching, I guess, for the words that fit or express all tha...

https://karmensmith.com/2020/06/sweet-salty-adoption-story/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

I wasn’t sure how to begin. Whew…. WHEW! WOW. Whoa, whoa, whoa! I’ll let you read and decide. There are plenty of reasons and/or excuses for not writing more often this year or doing more F...

https://karmensmith.com/2019/12/whew-what-a-year/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

Court. Until we started fostering, I’d never been in a courtroom. Court sounded scary and intimidating but after going a few times I learned to hope for the best- expect anything. Although I ca...

https://karmensmith.com/2019/06/court-why-i-wont-stop-crying/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

I praise The Lord she didn’t abort him.  I praise The Lord she tested clean -meaning no drugs in her system and mostly for being a woman brave enough to say, I’m not in a place where I can p...

https://karmensmith.com/2019/04/the-baby-part-1/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

I signed up for this gig out of obedience to a command. Lots of days I am unsure of many things except one. We are called to care. Far too long I lived with the mindset that the command to care w...

https://karmensmith.com/2019/02/3-things-foster-care-has-taught-me/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

Can you relate? The back to school rush is just behind us and we’re moving like a freight train down the tracks towards the holiday season and this week I found myself physically exhausted, emo...

https://karmensmith.com/2018/10/are-you-physically-exhausted-or-emotionally-overwhelmed/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

Can a person be authentic without being transparent or be transparent without being authentic?  What does authentic faith look like in real life? What does authentic faith sound like? And why do...

https://karmensmith.com/2018/09/are-you-authentic-transparent-both-or-neither/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

I recently sat in a living room wrapped two circles deep with women. I strategically placed myself behind a lampshade kind of because I wanted to blend in not stand out. Introductions moved clock...

https://karmensmith.com/2018/09/which-will-it-be/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

It’s early and no one else in the house is awake yet so I thought I’d take a minute and bring you up to speed because not everyone is on Facebook. Here are some things in no particular order:...

https://karmensmith.com/2018/05/did-you-know/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

All of us want the best for our children. If you are entertaining a scary step of faith but particularly those weighing the pros and cons of homeschool and public school – this chat is for you....

https://karmensmith.com/2018/03/homeschool-public-schools-and-prayer/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss