by Tiffany Bluhm | Nov 26, 2018 | Heart and Soul
The morning of the orphanage visit I had been reading Ephesians 3 and had never been so deeply moved by Paul’s encouragement to the church in Ephesus, as I was that day. Verses 17 through 19 reads, “I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have...
by Tiffany Bluhm | Nov 19, 2018 | Heart and Soul
November is Adoption Awareness Month. It’s a time to examine the why and how of adoption. To raise awareness and tell honest stories. This is a snippet of mine. It’s not a bright and shiny story. It’s a story born out of loss. One of struggle. Most...
by Tiffany Bluhm | Apr 1, 2018 | Adoption, Heart and Soul
Twenty years ago, I met Ruby. I was ten years old when she spotted me sitting under a tree in the summer heat of St. Louis at a gathering of adopted children from India. Alone with my thoughts in the shade, I was overwhelmed by meeting other children who looked like...
by Tiffany Bluhm | Mar 9, 2018 | Heart and Soul
In my own life, I have grappled for the truth but unintentionally settled for a lie and shame. I struggled to believe I was lovable in my most vulnerable moment: infancy. If I wasn’t worthy of keeping, surely I wasn’t worthy of loving. This lie of my life kept me from...
by Tiffany Bluhm | Aug 6, 2017 | Heart and Soul
This past Friday morning, I sipped my hot coffee while I chatted with a dark-haired Peruvian woman who sat snug on my couch. A mutual friend had connected the two of us because we shared various similarities in our stories. We were both adopted from outside the U.S...
