"Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flows the wellspring of life." ~Proverbs 4:23 The words we say have great impact on others. Â They come from our heart. Â Our heart can absorb good and bad. Â Our heart can leak good and bad…
Up until Thursday, our week had been pretty normal. We had gotten some school done. We had played with friends. I had folded laundry.... On Thursday though, Boston was feeling sick and throwing up and was cuddly and clingy. I thought he had gotten…
Within a week of Tullie's birth, two or three other babies were born at our church. They were all typical healthy kids. I thought, "She's gonna have a lot of friends." I also think that as mothers and friends when all of our babies…
I've been intending to jump back into this, but each day it gets put off. So, today while I was doing the dishes, I thought, "I REALLY need to get back into this writing/blogging thing. Like REALLY." Life happens so quickly. Laundry piles up.…
I'm now willing to admit that there was a time in my life that I did not believe in God's blessings for me. So much was being stripped away and I was becoming less and less. I didn't see Him doing anything except struggle.…
Dear Eli, Your birthday is tomorrow. You'd be six. You'd be playing with your siblings and chasing and catching alligator lizards and snails. It's hard to believe you'd be six. It's flown by so quickly and it's gone to slowly all at once. You'd…
For what seemed like several weeks in a row after Eli passed away, our church kept singing a song with some lyrics like, "For Your goodness Lord. For the things You do. For Your mercies and all of the ways you have been gracious to…