Since some of you don’t have face book, I wanted to share our latest update here. We have been busy trying to establish new family normals and happy times and accept what our new family structure looks like. Soon after Abby died, a beautiful young photographer, Kayla Gingerich, (http://kaylagingerich.blogspot.com/) wrote me the sweetest email offering to…
Category: encouragement
Kansas Family – Grief trip part 2
We are having an amazing week traveling about in Bessie (our trusty motorhome) making memories with our new family structure of 5. We had always wanted to visit 2 of my mama’s sisters and their families in Kansas and decided now was the perfect time. Time flew but I managed to snap a few photos…
Peace
Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of God – unknown How does one experience peace in the midst of complete chaos and the deepest pain one could fathom?I used to question how one could remain calm and appear peaceable after having their life shattered by terrible tragedy or loss.I am learning…
Process
July 14, 2014 will forever be marked down in our history as the day that changed everything – literally. It marked a new process, one that has so dramatically turned our world upside down. Some days I feel lost. I wonder around feeling like I should be doing something but find the what to be…
Cause I love you
A few weeks ago I was pouring over some financial goals I was working on when I felt led to talk to my Father God about it. My prayer went something like this ” Dear God, I am trying to honor you with my finances. You see the bigger picture and all but I am…
Surprises & Miracles
I always get extra sentimental at this time of the year. This week is Kali’s birthday. All of our children are special gifts but her birthday always takes me on a trip down memory lane…bear with me if you’ve heard this before. As a child and even as a teen when ever asked what…
The Epilogue….Healing
It has been one week since I wrote the heaviest material I have ever penned. One amazing week. One beautiful week filled with healing that I didn’t even know I needed. One week of take your breath away moments with my husband spent recovering, as it were, from the years of pain that had put…
Expectations & Comparisons
I struggle with comparing myself and my family to others around me. There I said it. It doesn’t sound all that pretty. Why can’t my husband do romantic things for me like hers does? They just went on a date last week. Why don’t we have as much money as they do? Their van…
Resolutions
I have to admit I fluctuate back and forth between secretly hating all the new year’s resolutions clogging up my news feed and a sudden burst of energy and new determination for some of the things I would like to see differently in my life. Like the typical ones, yes please! I would love to…