What We’ve Been Up To
It’s been a hard past 24 hours. I ended up having pretty severe back spasms, to the point where I was in tears and repeated over and over that I just couldn’t do this anymore. I was ready to throw in the towel. Of course the nurses were there to encourage me to keep going…
It has been 4 months since my two open heart surgeries. The more time passes by, the more I realize just how far God has taken me. And what He has taken me through. In those quiet moments, my mind often drifts off to those vivid moments. Those moments that will always be etched in…
The time has come. Sixteen years of wondering when the next surgery would be. Sixteen years of life events that have led us to a moment, such as this. Sixteen years of waiting for open heart surgery #2. I have thought often of what that day was like on Wednesday, January 17, 2001. It was…
There are many unexplainable occurrences in life. Some call those events ironic, coincidences, you name it. I call them Godcidences. I was talking with someone at rehab and while looking at me, she said, why not expect for God to do something great? Huh. Not going to lie, I’ve just assumed my position in life,…
Can I just tell you something? Your kids are going to be JUST fine. No really, they are. Over the past few days on social media, I have sensed, due to comments made on posts, that mamas are carrying a lot of guilt. Guilt over what they aren’t doing. Guilt over what they can’t do….
I’m having one of those moments of utter frustration – I’ve kind of felt it all day. A couple times today I got all teary eyed for the most random reasons. I look at our youth group kids and get teary eyed. I see little kids and I get teary eyed. I think about what…