Three years ago today we were at the hospital at 6:30am preparing for Josiah’s brain surgery. As I was looking back at the caringbridge posts from three years ago today, I am so glad I journaled through the process. There are so many little details I don’t recall. I found this statement very interesting: “He wasn’t interested […]
Reflections: Then & Now and everything in between
Write31Days I am so excited to take the challenge of writing for 31 days! I had this goal set last year when I went to the Declare Conference, but haven’t made the time to do so. I heard about this challenge after attending the Declare Conference again in August and decided that now is the […]
Vacation Bible School
This past week our kids attended VBS at our home church. They all had a great time and, as always, it was an awesome week! The themes for each night were: God has the power to Provide. God has the power to Comfort. God has the power to Heal. God has the power to Forgive. […]
Shoe Shopping
For anyone who knows me well, I am not a fan of shoe shopping. Well, the experience has worsened! On May 19th, we picked up Josiah’s new AFO brace. (AFO = ankle-foot-orthotic) You’ve just learned a new medical term – welcome to my world! This is Josiah’s third brace, but the first two were fairly small and […]
October 23, 2014
There is a toddler bed in the boys’ room that NEVER gets used because Josiah sleeps with us. However, tonight, Josiah climbed up in the toddler bed and Samuel sang him to sleep. Girls are both asleep. Nathan is gone visiting with his cousin who is in town for the weekend. It’s been a long […]
Declare 2014
As many of you know, I attended the Declare Conference, in Dallas, TX last weekend. It was an AMAZING weekend! First off – a road trip with two good friends is always an absolute blast! Second – Ikea. Enough said. Last, but certainly not least, the conference was more than I had imagined. Icing on […]
4-by-4 Link-up
In June a friend asked me if I’d be interested in going to a conference with her. I wasn’t sure what exactly it was all about and I had just started with getting my blog up and going, but it sounded like fun and my husband agreed, so I signed up! Now the time is […]
What are you holding on to?
Last November I attended a ladies retreat, featuring the speaker Joanna Weaver, author of Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World. During one evening session, she talked about Mary pouring expensive perfume on Jesus’ feet and wiping it with her hair. She described in detail how this was a gift that showed extravagant sacrifice, extravagant boldness […]
Freedom in Our Stories
Everyone has a story. There is freedom in telling that story. Freedom that allows one to be open and honest and completely real with what is going on in their lives. Little did I know that after Josiah was diagnosed on a Thursday afternoon, I would soon find freedom in sharing our story on a […]
Steppin’ Out
It’s been easy to write about our day, the activities that we do and the things that go on. I can write about the doctor visits and the days at home – It’s easy. I just type up a quick re-cap of the day, have Nathan read over it, copy, paste and it’s done. What’s […]