The Process and The Provision | By Miranda M. Bell

In July 2017, we celebrated my youngest son’s birthday.  Our little family had a grand old time with a big pizza and salad lunch, matching camouflage plates, napkins and blowers, and birthday cake and candles.  It was perfect.  Only, it wasn’t his birthday.  His...

Heart Strings by Kim McKnight

I remember that night so well.  The night my heart broke as I sat in my car with three brave young mamas who called The Sparrow’s Nest home.   I had been volunteering for The Sparrow’s Nest for at least a year, working mainly in the office sorting donations and doing...

Building Trust by Ally Benz

Many of our residents grow up in environments where they learn to trust only themselves. Whether they come from a place of abuse, neglect, or abandonment, these young mothers enter our nest with distrust toward the world. This is one of the beasts we battle at The...

What Love Looks Like by Miranda M. Bell

/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Jamars-Dedication-1998-198×300.jpg What Love Looks Like by Miranda M. Bell I’m a purveyor of life stories. I have scores of them and like to share them from time to time when the moment is right. Today is one of those moments. When my...