I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping. My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes. Psalm 6:6-7 I have five children. Two…
There is a looming in front of us. It's November 15th and those days where everyone seems happy is getting closer. Those days where our whole families gather around the table, whether we like one another or not, and say thanks for all…
I love those Facebook memories. I hate those Facebook memories. But each day I click, "Look back" and I look back. For better or worse each day I look back. I noticed something these last few days though, that even though it was…
We have all seen evidences of God's grace in our lives. Good and bad evidences. Times where we can look back and see grace. It's easy to see grace when things are shiny and pretty. It's harder to see grace when those dark…
A couple of years ago, Mike came in and handed me this old window frame and said, "You should put this on your chalkboard wall and write stuff in the frame." I thought that it was a good idea, so we hung it up…
October is coming. A couple of years ago this month was simply, Down Syndrome Awareness Month and I was cool with that. I was happy to share about our kid. How great we think she is. How thankful we are for her. How smart.…
A couple of weeks ago, Mike cleaned out our garage. Our garage was full of stuff. Mowers, signs, tools, batteries, air compressors etc. Really too much to list. When the garage was done, Mike said, "Hey, come see the garage. It is so clean.…