The Miracle of Ruby – Part 2

Part 2 As I begin this very, very vulnerable post let me first please emphasize, again, what I mentioned in Part 1: Out of respect for our openness and vulnerability, if you have not read Part 1 in it’s entirety, then please do so thoroughly before reading this Part 2.  Some may wonder why it…

Yesterday

Please forgive me for not getting part 2 posted yesterday.  Something unexpected happened and I was not able to.  Let’s just say that the day did not go as intended, planned or expected!  Suddenly things got so concerning that I was frantic! Late in the day I called Renee, my precious friend and ‘go to’…

Tomorrow’s Post

A blog friend, Emily, wrote to me asking if I could please start posting some Memorial Box Monday stories again.  I had taken a pause, as you all know.  Not because God’s working in our lives had stopped for two reasons: I wondered if people were getting tired of them and I had also wondered if…

To All You Single Moms

Many of you, my sweet bloggy friends, are single moms. So many names instantly pop into my head, but I won’t start naming any because I don’t ever want to offend anyone for leaving them out.   But there’s a friend who adopted two brothers out of foster care and it has been an extremely…

A Time to Laugh

What would it be like if when God created us we weren’t allowed to laugh?   I have never thought of this before, but seriously, can you imagine? As all eight kids were loaded into the car this morning, I was pondering what  life would be like without any fun?  Because honestly friends,  Almighty God…

Still Giggling

In the midst of life happening, it’s good to laugh. Just the giggle outloud that makes your family turn and say, “What is sooo funny?” Well I saw this today and have not stopped giggling. I only ever tried this product once. and well this little picture echoes my sentiments exactly. I thought some of you…

Thursday’s Report

I keep forgetting to mention that Dw is updating {as often as possible} the International Voice of the Orphan blog with stories from Uganda. For the last two days the team has been working on the basketball court for the orphan street boys now living in a home.  Many of you made that possible –…

That Was Pretty Fun

I admit I can’t always leave replies on your comments, time just won’t permit me, but yesterday – well that was just plain fun.  Usually I can’t because some days my chores just don’t seem to end or they end abruptly with me sitting down for a minute and instantly falling sound asleep. Some evenings…