December 6, 2015. We're heading into the third Christmas season without my Mom. Most of the time now, I'm fine. I feel the hole she ...

Find faith in the battle Stand tall but above it all Fix my eyes on you -Fix My Eyes, For King and Country When Alif was sick, my f...

Last year, Mother's Day was a living nightmare. I didn't know how to act, how to be, how to breathe. I literally felt crazy. This...

Dear Malachi, Sixteen years ago today, you made me a mommy! Daddy and I were so excited, nervous and clueless about becoming parents. Non...

People always talk about that holiday season - the first one after losing someone you love. It's supposed to be really hard, you k...

Grief is so weird. I knew that before, having been through some tough things in life, and just from reading about it and watching others go ...

Two years have gone by since Alif's illness. It sounds weird to put it that way, because it's not like it was an event that happen...

August 12, 2012 was my last post. That was also the end of life as I knew it and a harsh introduction to the most heartbreaking time of m...

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...