Temple Trips and Coming Home
For many years I have lived with a desire to heal my heart from the holes created by the absence of my dad. I don’t know why it matters that he wasn’t there, because I don’t even really know much about him. I would recognize his voice if I heard it, but I don’t know how tall he was, how he walked, or what his laugh sounded like. And yet, there has been a deep emptiness inside of my heart that bubbles to the...
Autumn Playtime!
I love fall! This year I feel like I have missed it, since we had our baby. The last month I didn’t get out much since Ben is so small. We took just a few minutes out of our day to play in the warmth of autumn. I love these kids. We came to this same park last year to take family pictures. The kids remembered what game they had played, and which kid played which super hero, and what power they possessed. They picked up right...
Benjamin is here!
It was 2:00 a.m. on October 1st. The prior day, I had stretched my to do list long into the night, knowing that I would be delivering my son the next day. My sweet friend Ali Roberson, came over and helped me with errands. We cleaned cars, we went to the D.I. and to the grocery store. I finished some projects for work and made sure that plans were made for our children the following day. Not only that, but Jonny also discovered that...
New Beginnings and Old Roots
Grandma Joy passed away on July 5th, 2011. It has been terribly hard to grieve her passing. Although I do not mourn for her, I know she is tenderly reunited with her sweet companion on the other side, I ache inside for her. As I sat in the hospital room, surrounded by my family members, I watched her mortal frame, once full of life and love, slip peacefully into silence. As her emaciated frame took its last breath, almost immediately,...
Gratitude
Its the Sunday before Thanksgiving. It would be wrong not to stop for a moment, during my crazy life and give thanks. We have much to be grateful for. There are many life lessons that can be interwoven amongst these moments of thanks. 1. I am grateful for who I am today. We have been through some difficult struggles throughout my life. Financial, emotional, health, family, identity, death and loss. I have lived through unbelievable...