Christ follower, YA author, cheerleader for saving sex for marriage, advocate for adoptees and adoption reform, host of the following blogs: "Waiting Matters...Because YOU Matter" and "Slices of Real Life" and "A Doorstep Baby's Search for Answers."
Author: Beth Steury
The wait is finally over . . .
Preston and Maggie's story comes to a gripping conclusion with the completion of the "Choices Matter" series Junior year finds seventeen-year-old Preston—the hot, popular, very experienced ladies’ man—charting a new course as far from the bad choices …
The Case of the “Maybe Brother”
Audrey (Bleeck) Steury grew up in the Salem Children's Home in Flanagan, Illinois. Audrey’s mother Ida, as she faced end stage tuberculosis, placed eighteen-month-old Audrey in the orphanage with instructions that she be raised in the home …
Meeting the Bio Family: Chapter 11 – Maternal Family Connections Five Years in the Making
It takes time . . . to process the secrets, the decisions, the truths hidden for decades. Just give them time. Despite having complete confidence in the truth of these words, giving this advice to adoptees hoping …
Are you fully invested?
Saturday night my husband and I finished viewing a crime-thriller-drama series via online streaming. Thirty episodes spread across three seasons but all accessible to watch at the time of our choosing. We love how streaming services make …
The Christmas Towels and Tissues
I love all things Christmas—the shopping, the baking, the decorating, the card sending, the music, the decorating, the giving, the festive splashes of red and green, gold and silver, and holiday entertaining. Imagine my joy a few …
Meeting the Bio Family: Chapter 10 – Another Big Bro and Cousins Galore
“So, when are you going back?” I lost count of how many people asked when we planned a return visit to Maine, where our immediate family had marveled in the beauty of an east coast autumn while …
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A Tribute to my “Real” Parents
My mom used to get miffed when people would say how wonderful she and dad were to adopt four children. “We weren’t wonderful,” she’d insist, no attempt to disguise the irritation in her voice. “We were selfish. …
Meeting the Bio Family: Chapter 9.5 – Hovering in between
“Mrs. Steury, do you have a sister?” In typical kill-some-time-in-study-hall fashion, a high school student tossed me a random question. “No, I don’t,” came my fast reply. Breath. “Wait, wait. YES, I have a sister.” I now …
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What the world will never tell you about saving sex for marriage
A "Waiting Matters" post I'm excited to share with you the October issue of Faith Filled Family Magazine, featuring my article-- "Why Abstain from Sex Before Marriage: What No One Tells You About the Benefits of Waiting" Find …
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Sequel to “before I knew you” releases!
Preston's & Maggie's story continues in . . . "because I know you" I know I stretched that "coming soon . . . " thing a bit far, but the sequel to "before I knew you" is …
Beth Steury, Author 