OK can I just say being a mom is hard? Can I get an AMEN? We have to lift each other up, because I know so many of us are doing enough of knocking ourselves down. Cheers to all you mamas! You are AMAZING!I just wanted to say we did have a weekend of family …
Holy crap! I think I have whiplash. Is summer seriously almost over?What?? Seems like here I am again coming here to update over summer starting.. at least I made it before Christmas.I lay in bed and write the best blogs. Like seriously share worthy. Then I wake up and go to the computer and it …
Many years ago I was a different person. I stuck a pose like there was nothing to it.I lived in New York City. At the age of 14 and 15 (!) What? I did. Spent my summers there. Working. Legitimately.I was “found” in Fiesta Mall in Mesa, AZ, not like I was dropped there and …
I wonder if I didn’t have facebook I would blog more. I am sure I would but since I do have facebook..well you know. A 3 sentence status update usually trumps a long drawn out run on sentence of a blog I tend to do. So that’s that.I have had so much I wanted to …
This past weekend I was reminded of the greatness of our God. Did anything big happen? No, not really anything at all, but goodness happened and that will always be my favorite reminder. This past weekend I was able to see friends I haven’t seen in awhile. I was able to go hiking with dear …
Awhile back our board (IFCR) received a request/invitation for one of us to attend a conference a family was holding in Albuquerque, NM. Considering our board consists of folks much further east of New Mexico than I am west of it I said I’d go. Not having a clue as to what I was going …
Johnny Rockets, a luau birthday party, church. All places we attended a few weekends ago. All places Lily had seizures. Big nasty seizures.It was in the mid 70’s that weekend, it was lightly overcast and Arizona was showing us spring in true perfection. We wanted to be outside, we wanted to enjoy the time as …
It is becoming clear to me that I/we live in a bubble. It is a safe, happy bubble and I like it that way.How is this all of a sudden becoming clear to me? Oh I don’t know… the internet? The Renaissance Festival.It’s so true. Last October we went camping. I think I posted pre-camping …
This is for all you mama’s out there who have withered the storms and changed who we are for people who stole our hearts from the moment they were growing in us, handed to us, or fostered by us, however they came to us, they are ours and we live for them and that changes …
It was a moment I heard a calming voice within my soul, I remember the exact time, where I was, what I was doing. The whisper was clear and profound. I was praying “God please stop her suffering” and in return I heard a whisper from deep inside asking, “whose suffering?” I stop, I think …
Calm Amongst the Chaos 