Practicing Gratitude. Celebrating Life.
Lately I’ve been reflecting on the fact that I don’t often take the time to reflect on my life. I’m far too busy with my endless To Do Lists and projects. Far too busy trying to accomplish, to reflect on what I have already accomplished. So here’s my list: I’ve survived childhood sexual abuse. I’ve […]
The internet has been buzzing in the last 24 hours with news of Abby Sunderland, the 16-year old girl attempting to break a world record by being the first 16-year old to sail around the world solo and unassisted, because at that time she was missing and feared dead. Many questioned what sort of parent […]
Hard as it may be for the average person to believe, my fantasy was always to drive a “church bus” filled with children. Not an actual bus owned and operated by a church—but what people often refer to as a church bus, the large passenger van. With kids close in age and car seats getting […]
After much prayer, discussion and many prayer requests we have made an appointment with our church to discuss adoption, foster care, mentoring and foster care adoption. I don’t know where our journey will eventually take us, because I’m open to the idea that it might not take us where we think it will. We desperately […]
When Cutie Pie turned 2 we threw her a carnival birthday party. It is our “signature” party when children turn two. Or, since we’re on our 3rd one, our “traditional” party for a child’s second birthday. I like to make up our own family traditions as we go along. Its one of the unique blessings […]