We have always had a well-established napping routine in our home. I worked hard to get my second child into a one-nap-a-day routine as quic...

 I've always kind of wondered what the big deal is about an 8th grade graduation. Well, maybe not always - I mean, I did really like m...

I'm not usually big on anniversaries of life events. I mean, I love celebrating birthdays and wedding anniversaries and things, but when...

I stand out in the beautiful springtime sun and watch my baby, and he's five. He's five and he's running lap after lap around th...

Google Images  When Alif was in the hospital, I spent many hours staring at his monitors. In the first weeks the numbers were frighteni...

I finally buckled down and made a one-month menu. I've wanted to do this for a long time, as I'm often late with grocery shopping ju...

Canaan, Emily, Alif, Malachi, Graham and Caris in November 2011 Because it's the end of the year, lots of people are starting to th...

 I have to confess something: I have been kind of having a pity party about some things. Our lives have changed so drastically that when I l...

On April 23, Alif continued to move his face (grimaces, etc.), head and left arm. This was not just a nerve thing - this was actual movement...

So. My house is quiet for the first time in at least 6 months, and I have more than fifteen seconds to think - alone - so I thought I'd ...

Genesis 18:14a Is anything too hard for the LORD? Let me just answer this with a resoundingly loud NO! Genesis 19:16 And while he lingere...

I really didn't even know what to do with myself when the neurologist told me that my husband's chances were terrible. There were so...

I promise I'll continue Alif's story soon! We are home, praise the Lord, and adjusting back to normal life. It's Bible in 90 D...

Sometime in March I started to talk to Alif about his Birthday.  I started by suggesting we have four or five families from church over for ...

I know I just posted these lyrics a few weeks ago, but I figured if I needed the reminder maybe you did too. Here by Kate White Here in ...

Every hour that passed after the surgeries, the weight seemed a little lighter, the breathing a little easier. One hour out of surgery and n...

There was a dance happening between Alif's doctors - or as Jan says, the doctors were all having to play nicely together in the sandbox....

I finally went home to sleep. Jan made me promise I would get at least 2 hours of sleep but preferably 3.  The night before I'd put the ...

I was glad when Alif was moved to a regular room because I knew he'd be a lot more comfortable in a regular bed than in a gurney. As lon...

Wednesday night I slept in Caris & Canaan's room. Any flu that would take my super-healthy husband and turn him into a slug that qui...