Grateful, Thankful or Both?

While driving home from Albuquerque yesterday Dw read to me from a book he had been reading (and now I am reading also). It is called The Encore Church by Wayne Cordeiro. Wayne Cordeiro is a (very casual) yet personal friend of Dw’s. He pastors a huge church in Honolulu in our denomination. He is…

Our Trip to Albuquerque Today

I could not climb into bed tonight without updating you, our friends…..so here’s a brief recap…. Just as planned we took off for Albuquerque at 3am. About a half hour into New Mexico I was sound asleep (good thing I wasn’t driving, huh?). I woke up about 2 hours later long enough to reposition my…

Update on Isaiah and Autumn

Yesterday I drove, as planned to Greeley to have Isaiah recast. We left at 5:13am. The plan had been to head down from Greeley to where Jo (as in Joanne or JoJo) lives to spend the night. Joanne has been my dear friend since we were teenagers. She is my accountability partner and deeply loves…

Walking a Mile in My Moccasins

“Carry each other’s burdens…” Galatians 6:2 Where to begin?? I have been non-existant while I spent time grieving, sobbing, reading my Bible, and seeing what the Lord had to say to my heart. Probably almost every range of emotion was felt: sadness, anger, frustration, discouragement, fear, etc. No matter what – it is never, ever,…

Our Autumn – A Diagnosis

I am at a loss as to how to word this. Sunday Daddy flew with our Autumn – the only blue-eyed one of the bunch to Phoenix to meet with some doctors and have some more intricate testing done. Autumn has been having symptoms for several months. Weird symptoms. Actually really weird symptoms. But as…

Memorial Box Monday – Our Emma

Last week I was feeling so discouraged and overwhelmed that I skipped my Memorial Box Monday post. Tuesday wasn’t any better. Then I wrote and shared my heart and you guys were unbelievable. Thank you for your unconditional support, love and prayers. I was humbled by all your kind words, actually a better word would…