Heart Lessons Podcast

My dear friend, Lauren Casper, joins us for this episode of the Mother's Day series and shares what it means to mother a transracial family and embrace the diversity of skin colors and cultures within her own home. Connect with Lauren: website // book // instagram // facebook // shop visit sarahrieke.com/podcast for show notes Heart Lesson: The Lord is close to the brokenhearted. We Mention: It's Okay About It All God's Children International Ethiopian calendar Timkat The Little Boy Whose Name Means Peace How We Do Our Daughter's Hair Jessica Turner When God Made You Michael Twitty Matthew 22:36-40 (The Greatest Commandment) Choose Joy Takeaway Truths: I want to be intentional to put in the time so I can raise my children as children of color, because they are, and not try to make them fit into my white world. I need to learn about cultural differences because I don't want to erase the heritage they came from, as much as I possibly can. So much of adoption is about loss. As beautiful as the process of a