Being Ruby’s Mommy….

Written:  Friday, January 13th, 2012 Sitting cross-legged on Ruby’s bed up here in the ICU in the early morning hours of the day that she is scheduled for her 5th brain surgery and there are all kinds of thoughts  whirling around my head…..   In fact, this is my third blog post I’ve begun in…

December 7, 2011

On the day that we remember all that was in Pearl Harbor, could we pause to pray for our military and their families? Often facing tremendous, unspeakable loss on the battlefield…. yet dedicated to preserving freedom. I know with our son on his 5th depl*yment, anything to do  with the military makes me a weepy…

My Kitchen Window

Yesterday I took the kids and went to look at rentals. We looked at 5. At the same time, Dw left Durango early in  the morning with Graham  just after picking up Savannah to come along as well.  The first home I saw I loved.  I walked in an just thought, “Oh I love this…

November 1st, 2011

Today is one of Dw’s and my most favorite days of the year. Do you know what day it is? All Saints Day On this day, in our home,  we honor those who have gone before  and left a legacy worth remembering. People like:  George Mueller began orphanages in Bristol, England  and the greatest man…

Tattoos and An Update

Tattoos really aren’t my thing {just being honest}. Not for me personally. If you, my sweet friend, want every limb and your entire trunk tattooed to the umpteenth degree – –   you go!   I was already a pin cushion much of my life with shots for the Multiple Sclerosis and medical procedures, so…

The Responsibility

Today my heart weighs heavy preoccupied with heaviness of mind. I eluded a few days ago that there is something that I need to share.   And seriously, sweet friends, this is one of the extremely difficult things about having a very public blog.   Pre-blog days things just happened with few folks noticing. Our…

Unexpected

Recently something occurred that left us reeling.   It was completely not on our radar. At all. The kind of thing that we have grappled at trying to comprehend and understand ‘why?’. In the next few days I am going to share about it. Please pray for me as I prepare to write what happened….

From My Heart to Yours

To all my sweet bloggy friends…. No matter your station in life…. Those who long to be moms…. Those who struggle with infertility…. Those who have a dream of being a mom… Those who have birthed…. Those who have adopted….. Those who have lost babies… Those who have lost children… Those who yearn to adopt…….