Tag: Large Families

The Little Enormous Things

Linny Saunders10 Comments

True confession: Telling Ruby stories are some of my favorite stories ever to tell. To think that some medical professionals really, truly thought that her  life would amount to sitting propped in a corner, unable to interact in  any way, no facial expressions, no progress of any kind…just sit. Seems pretty incredulous to the rest of us,…

The Thud

Linny Saunders7 Comments

What a joy this past week has been and oh the thud that happens in my soul when everyone is gone. Ugh. Long anticipated days which take forevvvvvver  to get here and then  poof{!}  it’s over!  Anne Shirley {of Anne of Green Gables} describes how I feel each time one of our grown treasures come…

The Ugly Side

Linny Saunders32 Comments

Recently I noticed one of our treasures seemed to have a very different expression.  I studied the expression, finding it difficult to read.  Each day I paid attention.  The countenance was very unusual and I wondered what was going on. A few days passed as I continued to watch.  When this one caught me staring…

She Did It!

Linny Saunders19 Comments

As our hearts still celebrate the resurrection day… wanna hear some news worth a  continual party?  So the other day Ruby was at therapy where both her OT and PT were doing a session together.   Artemis and Valerie are good friends which makes it even more fun. Together they talked and decided it was…

Hope Kids

Linny Saunders3 Comments

Hope Kids is a ministry that encourages and offers Hope to families who have a child with a life-threatening  illness.   After an application process we were granted the beautiful privilege of being part of it all because of our sweet Ruby. Hope Kids  has basically weekly events that are hosted for FREE…. from Diamondback…

“He Just Busy?”

Linny Saunders9 Comments

A couple of months ago, as Nehemiah lay on the couch, terribly sick, I laid my hand on his forehead and began to pray with passion. He’d heard me praying off and on over the hours since he had first got sick, however, this time when I finished he weakly questioned, “Why God not do…

Home – Just in Time

Linny Saunders5 Comments

Always incredibly difficult for any of us to leave that  favorite missionary of ours. The other side of the world is just so very stinkin’ far away. But then I come through the security doors and see this face…. and her sheer glee interspersed with shrieks of utter delight just melts my heart away…. {and…

What We Do Have….

Linny Saunders15 Comments

 When we were dating we talked about how many  kids we would want to have one day. I told him I wanted a “boatload”. He said he could see himself with maybe 4 or 5.  {I smiled and prayed a lot.} When we were first married we were hanging out at friends. As the four…