I'm embarrassed and, even more than embarrassed, but ashamed to admit that when we began considering different special needs, parenting a child with a limb difference(s) terrified me. How would we do things like go fishing with Derek's family? Or playing the piano like my family? Guitar like his dad? Using utensils? School? Bullying? And …
The Top of Our Fridge
When Derek and I were dating and first married, we would rotate where we would have Sunday dinner every week after church--either his parents' house or mine. After dinner, regardless of whose side of the family we ate with, we would close dinner with devotions. Derek was usually the one to get the Bible for …
Welcome, 2020
Maybe I misinterpreted, but as the end of the year posts began filtering into my feed it seemed like most people were as eager to say goodbye to 2019 as we were, looking forward to this new year with renewed hope and anticipation of things to come. We've had some time to think about it, …
Do Small Things
It's finally December, and while in some ways 2019 has flown by, in other ways we will be glad to keep moving forward. This past year certainly hasn't panned out the way we anticipated or hoped. Does it ever though? When we started out the year, as you know, we made changes to our waiting game, …
our simple life 