May 14 2013
In July 2009, I had the incredible blessing of meeting the young lady who would become the daughter of my heart the following April. The photo above captures the instant love that happened between future big sister and her baby brother. Annie was getting ready to turn fourteen and Michael was just fourteen months old. …
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May 04 2013
It is so hard to believe that May is already here. This past week, we had weather in the 80s and the boys even snuck out the sprinkler and made a mud slide in our backyard. The next day the temperatures dropped to the 40s. Tonight it is in the 30s with very, cold rain …
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Apr 24 2013
Parenting isn’t easy. Parenting after living through a horrific accident and in a few moments of time becoming a widowed mother is even harder than I imagined some days. There are days when I struggle…when I struggle a lot. There are days that are filled with beautiful times. But over the past several weeks, our …
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Apr 19 2013
Healing takes time. It takes patience. The process can be painful and feel like it is taking forever. I am discovering that it is in the midst of the heart wrenching pain and total weakness that God can help us to surrender to Him in ways we didn’t even realize we need to and that …
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Apr 18 2013
So much has happened over this past week. So many, many lessons woven into life. Monday, April 15th was the nine month anniversary of Will’s homegoing and our lives turning upside down. Some days the pain is still fresh. Yet there are more days now when I am able to remember our precious time together …
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Mar 24 2013
I stand in and on the truth of this Scripture! It is true! Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning!!! I am in awe of God’s amazing ability to heal our bodies, minds and our heart of hearts. He lifted me up and has carried me through months of agonizing …
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Mar 16 2013
photo credit This past week hasn’t been an easy one for me. I had a bad case of the shoulds and it was time to face reality. Surrendering our shoulds in life is never easy and this past week I came toe-to-toe with some shoulds that I’ve struggled with for the past several months. In …
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