Living Simply to Please Jesus while Simply Loving One Another
Realizing that many stop by Our Place Called Simplicity but aren’t on Facebook, I wanted to write about our precious Ruby-girl. Friday night I wrote an urgent plea on my Facebook page asking for prayer and I updated throughout the night as my heart’s desire was to get Ruby’s “prayer team” praying around the world…
A few weeks ago I promised to share Ruby’s most miraculous accomplishment (forgive my tardiness!). Autumn’s situation and with my little grands here who I am helping to care for, myriads of medical testing, many doctor appointments my already wild life has been revved up a bit more. It’s Monday and honestly sometimes our weeks…
Our miracle girl is at it again because of our great God’s astounding faithfulness!! Remember medical professionals said she would never do anything because of her severe brain disease (multiloculated hydrocephalus with over 12 pockets of water that her surgeon and I can count). Some even said that she wasn’t worth feeding (yes they actually…
For all you mamas out there who have extra special treasures that require a wheelchair this one’s for you…because 24 hours later I’m still giggling. Seriously. It was just too fun not to share. Yesterday Ruby had an appointment with her neurologist downtown. Elijah had eagerly volunteered to be my “riding buddy” – his adores…
Being almost weekend it’s time for a little laughter in anticipation of all that Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays bring! Funny how life works…some days we find ourselves cheering for joy at the craziest things in the most unlikely places… when Ruby does something remarkable! After all, medical professionals had said Ruby would never, ever…
A few months back Liberty, Ruby and I were walking through a department store. As we walked down the long aisle together we were talking and laughing – all three of us clearly enjoying our little shopping adventure. The aisle happened to be one of the larger ones, running perpendicular to all the little aisles…
Last December I think I mentioned that our family was asked to participate in an interview with the KTVK-3 news station here in Phoenix regarding our church‘s over-the-top, incredibly wonderful special needs ministry – In His Image. We were thrilled at this privilege and had a emotional time sharing what the ministry means to our…
Our family was seated at the very back of the enormous dining room in the Drury Hotel in Greenville, South Carolina at about 8:15am this morning eating our breakfast. I was feeding Ruby, our beautiful non-verbal 7-year-old African princess who also happens to be a quadriplegic in a wheelchair. Part way through breakfast we found…