The Last Day of National Foster Care Awareness Month

In foster care, “We're not all called to do the same thing, but we are all capable of doing something” (Jason Johnson).

Foster Care, Foster Care and AdoptionErin VucurevichMay 31, 2023FosterCare, foster care awareness month, foster, adoption, Adoptee Voices, Adoptee, churches, erin vucurevich, nfcmComment

More than a number.

In the United States today, there is an average of 400,000 children in Foster Care.

400,000 is more than a number. Each number is connected to a name, a story, and a family.

Foster Care and Adoption, Foster CareErin VucurevichMay 1, 2023foster care, erin vucurevich, foster care awareness month, may is, child welfareComment

Lent Reflections 2023

I have practiced using the Psalms as prayers through different times of struggle, grief, injustice, and pain. Psalm 143 gave voice to the desperate prayers whispered during a series of unjust events I have faced.

Personal Reflections, LentErin VucurevichMarch 23, 2023lent, Psalms, erin vucurevichComment

Everlasting Father

Father is a title layered with complexity. Some of us have great fathers who love us and keep us safe. Others have had different experiences. Despite this reality, Isaiah describes the promised Messiah, Jesus, as an “Everlasting Father.”

Advent, Personal ReflectionsErin VucurevichDecember 20, 2022Advent Season, advent, advent 2022, erin vucurevichComment

The Day Before Mother's Day

May we see you, may we not negate your pain, may we hold your grief with you, not just tomorrow, but all the moments in between.

Personal ReflectionsErin VucurevichMay 7, 2022erin noel vucurevich, Erin Noel, mother's day, pregnancy loss, infertility Comment

Lent

I tried not to roll my eyes as my therapist handed me a picture of Jesus hugging a child. I hated when she tried to connect me to my emotions…

Holy Saturday

Most of life is closer to Holy Saturday than Good Friday or Easter Sunday.

The Word Silenced

In the beginning the Word- spoke.

Have you grieved?

It’s been a year since the world shutdown.

LOVE

Love is not simple; it requires a dying to self. It is not black and white. It’s painful at times. Love is a choice.

Joy

Joy, is a battle cry.

PEACE

“Peace be with you.”

Hope

“Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.”~ Augustin of Hippo

ADVENT & OUR JOURNEY OF REDEMPTION

My whole world as a Mama was shattered with a phone call while I was 1,300 miles away

REPRESENTATION AND ADOPTION

Friends from all over sent me pictures of their little girls watching as well.

Adoption, Foster Care and Adoption, Personal Reflections, JusticeErin VucurevichNovember 23, 2020adoption, Adoptee Stories, Adoption Journey, Adult Adoptee, Adoptee, National Adoption Month, Erin Noel, Erin the Desert Dweller, Desert Dweller, representation, Birth Family, Biological Families, National Adoption Awareness Month Comments

The Trouble with Us.

Church,

I did not know how to process this appropriately. I did know if I did not I would explode.. Church, I need you to do better.

Personal Reflections, JusticeErin VucurevichJune 9, 2020blacklivesmatter, Church, Psalm56, ChurchHurt, Latina, Adoption, FosterCare, adoption, Vulnerability, Authenticity, ChurchSin, Church Pain, Church Sin, Racism, Prayer Comments

I think my therapist broke me...

I guess I should be encouraged considering I have been in therapy for almost 2 years now.

WHAT MY ADOPTIVE PARENTS GOT RIGHT

Adoption. I knew that I was adopted before I could comprehend what the word even meant.

Adoption Journey Update

Meeting biological family was exciting, scary, overwhelming, painful, and joyful all in one. Some of the relationships have flourished and some have not.

HEY MAMAS

I know this role is hard.

Family, Parenting, Personal ReflectionsErin VucurevichOctober 19, 2019Erin Noel, Erin the Desert Dweller, Desert Dweller, Wife, Mama, Motherhood, Parenthood, Growth, Arizona, Growing, Attachment Parenting, Mom of boys, MomComment

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