angryconservative1

For a long time, I thought of evil as something “out there”—something obvious and distant, like violence, corruption, or the influence of the devil. But as I spent more time in Scripture, I began to realize that the Bible points somewhere much closer to home. It points to the human heart, including my own. One verse that challenged me deeply is 1 Timothy 6:10: “For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.” I used to hear this quoted as “money is the root of all evil,” but that’s...

I see a lot of posts asking, “Should I look for my birth parents?” so I wanted to share the side you don’t hear as much: the side of someone who hasn’t gone searching. Not because I never wondered. But because of what I was told, and who I was trying to protect. Growing Up With Other People’s Stories My view of my biological family didn’t start with my own memories. It started with what I heard. I had a biological brother who carried his own hurts and opinions about our family, and I listened...

When people hear “adoption,” they often default to one of two extremes: the heartwarming rescue story or the tragic trauma story. Neither extreme fully fits my reality. My adoptive family did give me stability, love, and opportunities, and I am grateful for that. But adoption also started with loss: the loss of my first family, my first name or story, and a piece of my identity I had to fight hard to understand later. Both of these truths exist together. I can appreciate the life I was given...