I think my tear ducts had dried up for several weeks; even when I wanted to cry as a release to all the feelings in my soul, the tears just wouldn’t come.  However, it seems the floodgates have reopened and I haven’t been able to hold back the tears for many days now. Strangely, I

My heart is overwhelmed tonight and I have been unable to sleep.  Because of our journey we are blessed with the opportunity to have people regularly forward us stories of families who are currently battling for the life of their son or daughter.  I truly consider it an honor to be invited into these journeys. 

During the time of his illness, Judson met a cat named Oliver who also had a broken body.  Ollie was an older cat who had been well-loved throughout his life, but with age, had lost the use of his hind legs.  He died not too long before Judson died. The other day I had the

Dear Judson, The last couple days, for whatever reason, I have been plagued with memories of things I regret in my role as mommy to you.  Whether it be times I lost my patience, or situations where I did not extend enough grace, or had overly high expectations, or couldn’t let go of certain things,

What is man that you are mindful of him?—Psalm 8:4 Having had the opportunity to teach Genesis 1 at our women’s Bible study at church this week, I have been so emotionally moved by the magnitude of creation: the glory, wonder, awe, and enormity of God’s power, creativity, and goodness in his design of the

Yesterday after eating breakfast, my mom wiped Jessie’s face and got her down from her stool.  A few minutes later, noticing that she still had food on her cheek, my mom noted, “Whoops!  It looks like I didn’t clean your face very well, Jessie.” Our little lady replied, “Oh, that’s okay, Grammy.  I still look

Yesterday during her naptime when Jessie chose to simply play in her bed rather than sleep, I suddenly heard her enthusiastically shouting, “Julie!  Julie!  Julie!” Including people, stuffed animals, and dolls, I was unaware of anyone in her life named Julie, so I was perplexed.  It was quiet and then I heard it again, “Julie!