Yesterday I turned the big 4-0.
And you know what?
It was an amazingly wonderful day.
I just realized over and over again how incredibly blessed I am. I mean truly blessed. [Read more...]
Jesus Calling
March 28, 2013 by 2 Comments
I am really enjoying this devotional book. I downloaded it onto my kindle a few weeks ago and I love reading the daily entries.
Seriously love it.
It’s simple, yet profound.
I read it as I sip my morning coffee, brain still fuzzy and eyes only partially open.
It has been a blessing.
Let’s Be Quitters, Shall We?
March 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
On the first day of our month-long retreat, as we traveled along I-40 West in our white 12-passenger van, I purchased a book.
From the moment ‘Kisses from Katie’ first appeared on my iPhone, I felt different.
I mean after all, I had just downloaded a book onto my phone, while traveling along an interstate at 65 mph, with the touch of a button.
God’s Creation
March 18, 2013 by 1 Comment
This trip has been both refreshing and restorative.
Far removed from many obligations and a busy calendar,
the burden of appointments and activities lifted,
I’ve been able to relish and rest in the ordinary moments.
Saturday in Tennessee
March 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
My Saturday morning began with something quite luxurious…
my husband let me sleep late.
When he jumped out of bed with our two little girls at 7:00ish, I blessed him repeatedly and expressed my unfailing love.
Unfortunately, I was pretty convinced I wouldn’t be able to fall back asleep.
Yet somehow I managed the impossible.
I drifted back off into never-never land.
Hours later, I was startled to learn I’d slept until 10:30am.
Makinley Hope: God Writes the Story
March 16, 2013 by 3 Comments
“I believe that God totally, absolutely, intentionally gives us more
than we can handle. Because this is when we surrender to Him
and he takes over, proving Himself by doing the impossible.”
-from “Kisses from Katie“
I was maybe 10 weeks pregnant with our sixth child when we packed our bags and locked the doors to our home in North Carolina.
I was debilitated with morning sickness and exhausted beyond words.
We were headed to Manhattan so that our 18 month old daughter could undergo a three-stage brain surgery.
We really had no idea when exactly we would return.
We hoped this surgery would allow doctors to identify and remove the area in her brain responsible for debilitating seizures that threatened her development.
Another Week in the Mountains
March 14, 2013 by 1 Comment
A Scandalous Story of Love: The Move
March 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
We spoke with a realtor in the Raleigh area. We scoured Apartment Finder magazines. We spotted an ad in the Boston Globe advertising leases on Honda Civics for a reasonable monthly payment. This is how the world worked back in 1995 before the internet had gone viral.
The only thing we didn’t have lined up yet…were jobs.
Cabin Fever
February 26, 2013 by 2 Comments
For the first six days of our mountain adventure we had nonstop illness.
It came in the form of raging fevers that lasted five days and a 48 hour stomach bug.
Makinley Hope: Waiting
February 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
We were fully prepared to learn after our week of testing at NYU, that the seizure activity was bilateral, and surgery wasn’t an option for our daughter Gabrielle.
Duke University had already told us that this appeared to be the case.
We entered the doors of Langone Medical Center with guarded hope, knowing that without this surgery, daily seizures and suffering would become our new normal.
I honestly wasn’t sure I could accept that.
