Category: Family

Worth the risk

“There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must… Read More

Let’s go fly a kite

Tonight was pure magic. And I almost missed it.

Great Expectations

One of our best gifts this year wasn’t found under the tree. Yes, this Christmas season is full of expectations for our family. But this story, like that first Christmas story, doesn’t begin during the Christmas season. Its… Read More

The journey captured

At some point in the past, we became facebook friends. I have no idea how or when, but I have my sneaky suspicions that this “online friendship” was somehow initiated and directed for just such a time as… Read More

Simple Joy

You prayer warriors are good. Real good. I asked you this morning to pray for delight and joy in the moment. I was handed that in spades tonight.

Dear Arabella (June 2, 2015)

Dear Bella Grace, Oh my sweet girl. Where do we even begin to describe yesterday? Your wordy mommy is struggling to find the right words to begin – if anything that should be an indicator of the gravity… Read More

Dear Bella Bees (From Daddy, May 31, 2015)

Dear Bella Bees, You are growing so big!  Some days I just want to pick you up and squeeze you, maybe even throw you up in the air in playful fun, though I imagine mommy might find that… Read More

Dear Arabella (April 30, 2015)

My sweet girl. It’s hard to believe that exactly one month ago we sat in the genetic counselor’s office receiving news we did not expect nor wanted to accept. Oh what a day that was! One that will… Read More

24 weeks

24 weeks today. 6 months. There’s something so significant to me in reaching this date. Whereas we have recognized the life in this child every one of those weeks, this is the week where the state officially recognizes… Read More

And her name shall be

Dearest daughter, Perhaps more so than with your sister, when your daddy and I sat down to choose your name we felt a great weight of responsibility. We knew that for someone so special there was going to… Read More