October 6, 2026 Tell Their Stories Louis made me almost cry with these words “have you been telling Laud stories about his Boompa?” My memories flooded into my mind in vivid Technicolor. The story of him diving headfirst into a pool and walking home without realizing the reason the girls [...]
Written September 30, 2026 Jesus Said “Speak to Her” Okay, so if you’ve been reading over the years, you know that going up to someone who is not family and speaking something directly is not my strong point (who am I kidding, saying something directly to even family is sometimes [...]
...AND... because this is a birthday post, here are some BIRTH day pictures haha! ...no one who meets Kimberly as her adult self believes she had jet black hair at birth... Yes, I do have proof lol) [...]
Have you ever been so overwhelmed with thankfulness that it makes you cry? #AwesomeBirthdayPresent #HealingMiracle #JesusTheGreatPhysician #Reflection [...]
August 17, 2021 Hold Longer A song came on the radio today. It was the first time I heard it. Casting Crowns’ song called “Scars In Heaven” played while I was on the way to after school pickup. The first line says “…if I had known it was the last [...]
January 1, 2021 Let Thea Do It! My almost 2 year old thinks she’s a gymnast and the gym is her second home. She thinks she’s a member of Civil Air Patrol like Christina and Kimberly. She thinks she can ride Lucas’ bike. She thinks she can build shelves like [...]
June 7, 2020 God’s Fireworks When Christina, Brian, and Becky were little, way back when Becky was going by the nickname of “Lori” and we had a big brown dog they named “Dakota” after a Disney song from a movie that went on repeat for easily two months… we lived [...]
May 16, 2020 Shattered Again. Shattered Again. This is what strikes my heart again. Of course, in the big scheme of things I realize, this is tiny. This isn’t losing a family member or going bankrupt. Logically, my brain tells me that this isn’t really a bad thing and there [...]
September 23, 2019 Questions I love how children ask questions. Sometimes their questions make you go search something. Like “what is a rainbow?” or “why are leaves green?” Sometimes their questions mirror your own; but those you won’t speak. You know, questions that your doubting mind asks but your thinking [...]
September 8, 2019 Leaving My Little Love I’m looking at the man cross the coffee table as I talk. I knew even though he said it was okay to bring my baby (at this point, I’m 8 months pregnant) to work with me, there would come a time when my [...]