Okayest Mom

I really enjoyed reading this book. Natalie Gwyn did a great job at telling her story in a humorous way that showed the ups and downs of adoption. I loved how real she got at time with the struggles of following the path that God has laid out for her and her family. Such a beautiful story.

Synopsis:  

NATALIE GWYN uses humor to brilliantly capture how God led and helped this mother of two to adopt four children from Ethiopia and successfully bond her blended family.

The wife of a technology entrepreneur, already birth mother of two healthy young children-a boy and a girl-was living comfortably in the suburbs. Then she doubled the size of her family by adopting four Ethiopian children. Why?

Her answer: "God."

Popular blogger NATALIE GWYN has been cited widely for her candid, insightful, often humorous writing on cross-cultural adoptive Christian families (which number more than 4 million). HuffPo has linked to her controversial posts and celebrities like Kathie Lee Gifford have quoted and pictured her on social media. Here Natalie tells her whole mom story, including the only-God-could-do-this backstory.

Her lighthearted narrative begins with the nudge of God toward the uncomfortable. She and her husband are almost certain they have misunderstood what the Almighty is asking of them, and with self-deprecating humor Natalie allows readers a glimpse into the process by which this already imperfect mom agreed to transnational, transracial adoption of more children than she already has.

Natalie then takes the reader on her family's adventure to Ethiopia to legally adopt the three siblings God has chosen to add to their family. With the skill of a detective novelist, she reveals their discovery of a fourth sibling, their critical decision not to leave this child behind, and their harrowing quest to find, woo and legally adopt her, too.

Similar to the laugh-out-loud humor of books on blended step-families, Natalie shares the bedroom, bathroom and kitchen scenes of this adoptive family's huge adjustments. She brilliantly captures each child's and each parent's perspective and, in doing so, reveals God in their midst.

My Thoughts:
I absolutely love books like this, that are true stories in peoples lives where God has come in and completely turned everything upside down! I was in love from the first page, and honestly, EXTREMELY inspired. 

I found Natalie's writing to be funny and truthful and just downright refreshing. I recommend it!

Okayest Mom comes out June 26, 2018. You can pre-order your copy here! 



I was given this book in exchange for my honest review from Netgalley. All opinions stated above are my own. Affiliate links used.