by Laura Sandretti | Aug 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
Although I loved having our international student last year I was admittedly looking forward to having “Five Time” this year: my dorkism for when just the five of us get to be together. When you have three teenagers Five Time doesn’t happen very often and I covet and...
by Laura Sandretti | Jun 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
Several weeks ago, I wrote a blog called Why I Ignore the Homeless and in it vowed to make some changes. Since then I’ve been serving in areas I rarely drive through let alone get out of my car. I’ve been honked at and yelled at multiple times and hugged by strangers...
by Laura Sandretti | Jun 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Several years ago, I met a woman named Jane. She told me when we met that she struggled with alcoholism, but wished she didn’t. Yesterday I spoke at her funeral.Last week I met Jane’s family and found out more about her. She raised three boys as a single mom and loved...
by Laura Sandretti | May 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
In ten days I’ll be driving my Chinese son to the airport to return him to his real mother. People have asked me what it was like having Cedric this year and my response is always the same:We’ll never do it again.Although there are times Cedric acts like a...
by Laura Sandretti | May 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
Two weeks ago, I confessed I’ve not been obedient in helping the poor (see blog: Why I Ignore the Homeless) and I knew that needed to change. This week I learned the cost of change and how God has been preparing me for three years to come to a place of obedience...
by Laura Sandretti | Apr 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
While visiting my brother’s family last weekend we went sightseeing in Indy. Half of our group wanted to climb a hot, tiny and too-high-up tower in the city center, but my three children and I opted for Starbucks. En route however, a homeless man stopped us.On a...
