Birthday

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…

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A Moment

I posted this on our traveling the US blog, but I also wanted to share it here, because it's what this blog is all about.  Seeing God's glory in the midst of grief and healing. Before we even started packing for this trip and…

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School and Anxiety

Obviously, I am not the one who is starting school around here, but I have two who did last week and a third who would LOVE to be joining them.  I don't think that Josiah and Tullie were anxious about school.  They were more…

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Number 4

Dear Eli, Happy Birthday.  You'd be four today.  Daddy and I love you so much and we miss you with a passion.  The ache in our hearts have eased, but it's still a bit achey.  Especially the next couple of days.  If you were…

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Birthday Girl

Dear Ellison, You are three!  THREE!  We can hardly believe it.  It's been a fast, eventful, fun three years with you around.  You are an amazing little girl filled with spunk, joy, laughter, hugs, kisses, lipstick and just enough craziness to make it even…

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Worshipping Tullie

A couple of years ago, Tullie started mimicking people.  We'd raise our hand.  She'd raise her hand.  She was trying really hard to copy just about every simple gesture that we would do.   One night we were sitting at dinner with a friend who…

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