Living Simply to Please Jesus while Simply Loving One Another
The surgeon’s office was able to reschedule Ruby’s surgery. We are heading to Phoenix Children’s Hospital in a few minutes. I haven’t mentioned this surgeon before, but when we met him a couple of months ago, like always, I showed him Ruby’s picture when she was found, and one that I have not publicly shown….
Ruby was scheduled about 8 weeks ago for surgery tomorrow. Due to a complication with her insurance {unbeknownst to us} we found late Friday Ruby’s insurance policy had been cancelled. Cancelled? WHAT?? As soon as I heard it was cancelled, of course, I tried to get the situation made right. Everyone had left for the…
Recently my paths crossed with an old friend, Dave. We went to school, youth group and graduated together. We hung around in the same group of friends. Not too long ago Dave was given a grim diagnosis – 1% chance of survival without a bone marrow transplant, 60% with the transplant. My heart has been…
I was thinking about the words “well rounded” lately. Over the years I’ve often heard people say, “We want our children to be ‘well-rounded’.” But what in the world does that even really mean? So glad you asked… The definition of “well-rounded”: someone who is skilled, capable or knowledgeable in a lot of…
Happy 4th of July from miss Ruby Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had…