My name is Nedalee Thomas. You should know my credentials right up front. I am not a psychologist, pastor, counselor, or theologian. I am a Bible-reading, Bible-believing Christian. I'm a mom...who's been there, done that. Before I received the authority to write this book, I had to live it. Over the past seventeen years, my husband and I have parented nineteen children. The first two were ours and they had us to themselves until we became foster parents eight years ago.

  Little did we know that this decision to "give of ourselves" would send us on the journey of discovery that will be shared in this book. Along the way we have acquired two more children through the process of adoption. So now we have four...keepers we call them. Each has a story of their own, as you will soon hear.