Did you ever experience something that is so over-the-top-astonishing that you just know you will talk about it for the rest of your life?  January 10th was the 17th anniversary of this very personal story and although I have shared this a few times before … I am compelled to tell the story again (and…

December 26th is a pretty big deal in our home. It’s this girl’s birthday and yesterday was a big one for her! Jubilee Promise turned 21!! A little trip down memory lane to find our princess… Meeting Mama for the first time, December 2009. I was stunned at how teeny-tiny and frail she was! It…

I’m confident this post is for at least one of you…. but first a little background, so bear with me. When Ruby was first home her sweet noggin had very little hair. In her fragile state and after having many x-rays, CT scans, MRIs, and five brain surgeries, I wondered if her hair would ever…

Monday, December 5th, 1:00 pm First of all, thank you all for every prayer you have lifted for our precious son. We are so grateful. This story is definitely one for the Memorial Box with many components readily showing God’s hand in the entire situation. God, once again, has been astoundingly faithful and a sober…

For all of you who are not on FB, I’m sharing below what I posted on FB late last night: Any friends out there still awake? Please….we could use your prayers. Tuesday night our Nehemiah returned from serving for almost 3 months at The Gem with Emma and Josh. Nehemiah loved being there as much…

Last month our church hosted a Special Needs Resource Fair. Although Dw was out of town, some of my girls and I were able to go. Everything our church does, is done with excellence and the Resource Fair was no exception. We loved it. There were many, many vendors – all there to support and…

Yesterday I was driving to pick up Elijah from football practice. He has been playing for a private school which allows homeschoolers to play. In fact he told me on the way home yesterday that some of his friends on the team commented, “If you know any other homeschoolers who want to play football, recruit…

Over the last six years of being home, John has told me some of the things his mean-hearted nannies would say as he waited for a family. Two themes were spoken often. “No one will ever want you because you are too much work” as well as “You will never be able to do anything.”…

It was such an incredible privilege to be able to fly and spend five days in Western New York for my cousin Stephen’s funeral. His horrific death has certainly left us all reeling. It is very difficult to grasp that a man who did combat duty flying a Black Hawk would lose his life so…

Early Monday AM my phone was ringing and I saw my (2nd) cousin’s name, Jennifer, on caller ID. I knew something horrible must be wrong as it was still dark. Shaking, all I could blurt out was, “WHATTTT Jennifer? WHAAATTT happened??” Jennifer’s mom, Billie, is my cousin (our moms were sisters). Billie and I talk…