Does anyone else know what happened to November?? I have been scratching my head for weeks…..flipping the calendar pages back and forth…. It just doesn’t add up. It was November I blinked And now we are one month down in 2012!! Backtracking a bit and adding some of my favorite holiday memories to my list [...]
Jan 302012
Nov 072011
All across the floor are toys, books, socks, crayons, baby dolls scattered from one end of the house to the other. That’s not the only thing that’s scattered my thoughts, my emotions, juggling, so precariously, all of their individual needs and mine….where do those come in? Our days seem scattered, jumping from one thing to [...]
Sep 262011
I sat staring at my new little one. I could hear their conversation from the living room. They talked about work and sports and then in the quiet of a moment in between I heard him ask, “So, what do you think about my son?” I thought I would nearly choke on all of the [...]
Aug 292011
Written by an unknown author, found in a pile of papers when we moved. Hope you love this as much as me! An expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and he used this beautiful illustration to drive home his point. He pulled out a one-gallon wide mouthed Mason jar [...]
Aug 082011
In the blink of an eye……. we moved from there to here, his tininess growing inside of me, journeyed along side us, from months away now to weeks……days? away. Wasn’t it just her there in my womb and then in my arms? Wasn’t it just her fighting for life and here she is fighting again in that [...]
Jul 112011
In the past month we have had three homes. We packed and packed for what seemed like forever to leave the home where our family had grown up for the last 5 years. In the days between leaving our old home and moving into our new home we were embraced so generously with our pastor [...]
Jun 132011
Since God spoke three weeks ago my everyday has become unrecognizable. Today my everyday is filled with boxes, packing, sorting and organizing. My To-Do List is growing out of control along with my belly. My body is fighting to keep up….. And some days it just doesn’t. I’m exhausted and blessed, nervous and excited, empty [...]
Apr 252011
The hard love is the kind you choose. It’s so much more than the love that grows inside of me for nine months. Every kick, every hiccup, I fall deeper, until I finally hold them, smell them, see them. This is the easy love for me. But choosing to love them, raise them, grown in another [...]
Mar 282011
Honestly, I was exhausted before we even left. But I pushed myself. I didn’t want to miss any part of their experience. They had been counting the weeks…..then the days. American Heritage Girls Spring Family Campout! So, with two babies…..one in my womb and one on my hip, our three other girls and tons of [...]
I’ve been in very real spiritual battle. But some days the battle is my own. Getting out of bed. Starting up the laundry. Changing a dirty diaper. Breaking up a sister squabble. Remembering to hug my husband. Speaking kindly. Praying often. Sitting. Breathing. Soaking it in. This beautiful, precious life that God has blessed me [...]
