One life
One love
One raindrop
One city
One moment
One kiss
One perfect shot
One marriage
Three decades plus five years
Two hearts
Beating as one
Full of gratitude to God
This blessing of a man
He’ll always be the one
“Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.”
It took us time to get this right.
I wish I could go back to our early days of marriage, knowing all that we know now.
We've been desensitized to reports of innocent people being shot.
We hear a new story every night. It has become our status quo.
But most anyone with a beating heart can express that it feels so far gone, we wonder if our course can be changed.
Debbie Prather is a people-loving introvert with a weakness for powerful, redemptive tales. She pens personal essays with universal themes and is open with her experiences to make others comfortable to be open with theirs. Debbie’s faith, family, and friends inspire her words and creative works. Her passion for reading and community have led to the start of two active, long-standing book clubs. She can often be found at bible study or book club meetings or nestled in a library, bookstore, or on the floor with one of her beloved grand babies.
On August 28, 2024, China suspended its international adoption program.
As of November 1st, approximately three hundred American families who had been matched with a child in China are now separated from them indefinitely with the status of their adoptions uncertain.