As we began the love stories series I wrote an introduction for Gracie that opened the entire series. It was easy for me to write an intro to the stories she would be sharing. I know Jacob and Gracie's story well. I have been blessed to be a part of it, however writing my own love story presented many challenges in my mind and my heart. We will also be talking about children in the coming … [Read more...]
Love..... such a word in our culture. Often it is just that, a word. In the same breath that we say we have the deepest and most adoring love for someone we also so passionately proclaim the love we have for the new Taco Bell Doritos taco. We are not only a culture that doesn't understand true love but we don't even have the words in our language to begin to understand it. While you … [Read more...]
I realize it's been a pretty epic bad week for my emotions about my dear cat slowly slipping from us - but I didn't realize how much it was affecting Bear and Bug until I heard Bug playing with his gray puppy- the one that looks just like my cat and said to me, blue eyes wide and somber, "Puppy died." Earlier that week Bear unplugged my cell phone and it frustrated me quite a bit, "Stop … [Read more...]
I can't believe that I've been married 10 years today! Wow, what an accomplishment! I remember back when I was about to get married and thinking how old people were that had been married... 5 years. Now I am on this side of things and am happy to be here. I was looking through some wedding pictures and remember how stressed I was on my wedding day. I don't like everyone's attention on me and the … [Read more...]
