Okay so MAYBE this is super extra funny to me because of pregnancy and ravenous appetites, but also I just love Good Mythical Morning so much. So. Here it is. Laughter is goodness. ...
James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. It's easy to become so engulfed in seasons of pain that we overlook little blessings....as cliche as that sounds I know it to be true. But seasons of pain also provide an amazing opportunity to find great...
I have felt compelled to write about this but simply did not know how to begin, until this moment when I decided to sit and let my fingers type away and my heart spill out what I hope will be a clear message about where we stand as a family and as parents of two girls who have faces trials bigger than some...
First off- Thanks to all of you who have sent us cards and letters and beautiful drawings (Carl +Ailene!) They have made their way to our fridge and are a daily reminder of how loved and supported and prayed for we are. I keep wanting to thank each of you in person or at least on social media...but facebook isn't kind to me...
People are angry. We are angry. Some of it is righteous anger (I hope) and some of it is anger that is quite easily fueled by the enemy..and that anger is what we're trying to get rid of. The healthy anger deals more with the desire to see justice and redemption..but still, this cannot be what drives us. One thing that God has...
Just so I don't unintentionally force your brains to implode due to an overwhelming amount of sad news, I would like to post about the awesome table we made. We originally intended to build it for our growing family, so that's semi sad in light of current events BUT nothing will stop us from filling these table benches with multiple children..adopted or our...
Sleep has been a challenge. (Of course.) Since Tuesday, we've been relatively restless. We finally got a good-ish nights sleep on Friday evening, and then Saturday night was another hard one (for me at least.) Falling asleep is a problem, and then once asleep I am hit with the worst nightmares and Ellie-memories of hospitals and children and holding another baby who does...
God? Do you see me? Do you see us? Surely you do for your word says that there is no secret hidden from you. That you know the number of hairs on our head. That you know every part of Elsie being formed in my womb. Then you know of our pain and our crying out. You know of the countless tears that...
It seems the consensus amongst most of us is confusion, and I think that's absolutely fair. I wanted to just share a small bit of information--which is basically all I have. The doctors with Ellie were sure this wouldn't happen again, and we don't blame them for believing so. There wouldn't have been any further testing they could have done unless we had...
I've felt compelled to write about this for a long time. It's one of those subjects that feels a bit touchy, but at the same time it's so much more than just a post about an opinion, it's a post about a lifestyle that we feel we have been called to.** Chris and I didn't live together before we got married, so upon...
Tuesday is the day. The day that we head to our 20 week anatomy scan for this little baby growing in my belly. (Can you guys believe I'm almost 20 weeks!?) I've been wanting to write about it before hand so that I can look back and see more clearly how we have grown--but to be honest I have nothing ground breaking to...
