I know many of you are settling back in to routine after the holidays. It can be hectic and crazy, but good just to be home. My mind is still racing after the holidays. Today, I found two voice-mails from my grandfather that I had saved on my phone. I listened to them...
Family
Meet each other with a smile…
Right outside of mom and dad's front door is a beautiful tree, loaded with red berries. When it rains, the berries shine like diamonds and greet everyone that walks by. I've been watching the resolutions and wishes and hopes for the New Year scroll by on Facebook and...
Christmas 2014 – no fancy pictures
As we finished packing for Texas, Brian reminded me to pack my camera. I was feeling pretty overwhelmed, so I opted just for phone pictures this year. If I wasn't allowed to lift and I can't ask Riley to drag around my carry on 🙂 the phone camera would have to do....
He got his wings…
A few days ago, I was going to ask you to pray for my grandfather. He was diagnosed with Colon Cancer and things were happening pretty quickly. First they gave us six months, then five weeks. We are flying to Texas tomorrow, so I was sure I'd hold his hand and say...
Days are long, but it is good.
Oh this sweet girl. My firstborn. My Julia. Months ago, a groupon came across for a trip to the Nutcracker. I grabbed two tickets and marked it on the calendar. It was the perfect Saturday afternoon. She got to pick where we ate lunch - the Olive Garden. She poured...
Beauty for Ashes
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all...
Pre-term labor, rest, and praise
At 2:30pm yesterday, I sat straight up from a nap. It hurt. I was sleepy, so I couldn't quite tell what I was feeling. I tried to walk around, drank a glass of water, and hoped it was just indigestion. I put a movie on for Riley and went upstairs to take a bath. I sat...
Chasing Fall
For a few months now, I've been searching everywhere for fall. When I visited Nashville a few months ago with friends, I looked for it there. It hadn't quite arrived. Last year, we drove up to Payson to find it. I had decided that I just wouldn't find it this year....
Mary, her song, and preparing
The last few weeks, I've been wrapped up in how I should feel - grateful, thankful, happy, and all those other nice things. I haven't wanted to admit how I really feel - nauseous, nervous, annoyed at being nauseous and nervous, and tired. I think a lot about what next...
So very soon…
So soon, these will be lemons. The kids look forward to this every year. Every year it amazes me how they suddenly turn yellow - ready to be turned into lemonade. This tree was our very first attempt at any sort of garden. It is such an honor to watch a tree flower,...