Grief 06: Grief in Adoption—An Interview with Jen Oshman

Risen Motherhood

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Parenting, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

When God allows adoption to be a part of our family’s story, there can be hopeful anticipation alongside waiting and sorrow. How can we hold the beauty and hardship of it with grace? In this episode, Emily and Laura chat with author and adoptive mom Jen Oshman on her own experience with adoption, and the tension that parents hold when bringing a child out of his or her birth family and into their own. Jen also shares a word of encouragement to adoptive moms, as well as what to consider before pursuing adoption. As we seek to love our children well in the midst of hard circumstances, we can trust that our God whose heart is for the fatherless (Ps. 68:5) supplies our every need.

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0:00.0	Motherhood is hard.
0:10.4	One second, we think we're doing a good enough job and the next we feel like the worst
0:14.3	mom on the planet, which is why we need the refreshing truth of the gospel to be repeated
0:19.0	over and over, giving us hope in the everyday moments.
0:22.8	So mama, whether you're sipping cold coffee or doing a sink bowl of dishes, we hope you
0:26.9	find truth, encouragement, and laughter here.
0:30.5	This is the Risen Motherhood Podcast.
0:33.1	Thanks for joining us.
0:39.8	Welcome back to another episode of Risen Motherhood.
0:41.9	I'm Emily and in just a few moments, I'll be joined by my co-host Laura and our special
0:46.0	guest.
0:47.0	If you didn't know, we're in the midst of a mini series all about grief and motherhood.
0:50.8	We're tackling some specific areas of grief in this series and today Jen Ashman is here
0:55.2	to chat all about adoption.
0:57.5	She shares a bit of her family's experience with international adoption, including some
1:01.8	of the Joyce and Saros throughout the process.
1:04.7	Jen has been in women's ministry for over two decades as a missionary and pastor's wife
1:08.7	on three continents.
1:10.3	She's the mother of four daughters, including one through adoption, which you'll hear more
1:13.6	about in this show, and she's the author of two books, Enough About Me and Cultural
1:18.0	Counterfeits.
1:19.0	If you want to learn more about Jen, head to our show notes.
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