"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…
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…
I'm not an advocate in society's sense of the word. According to the dictionary, advocate means to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly. We see advocates on TV. Some advocate for pets to get adopted. To save the whales. …
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…
Eli's birthday was in April. Hard to believe that it had been five years since our little boy went to be with Jesus. It's surreal to think about, because now I'm viewing an abstract painting from a bit of a distance-it's still confusing and…