What We’ve Been Up To
This is probably not the cloud you are thinking of. This past weekend in Michigan, was filled with many fall clouds and rain, as the Sterks became more and more antsy to get outside. I sometimes wonder how we get through the long winter months! But I’m not talking about actual cloud cover. I’m talking…
Today was an emotional roller coaster, mostly in a good way actually. When I clean on Wednesdays at church, I have hours and hours to just think. There were a few times I got quite choked up just thinking, but it was good. Then I came home and debated whether to look at a book…
Comparing. As a new mom, I am realizing more and more, the danger of comparing my child to others. My wise sister told me recently that every kid is different, as we were discussing the different milestones that her 4 girls went through and my sister-in-law said the same thing. Not that this was new…
As women, many of us have this nagging and constant tapping on the shoulder, telling us we need to do more. And more. Telling us we need to go to this. Telling us we need to make that. Telling us we need to look like this. Telling us we need to commit to that. Telling…
Mile marker 17! I was looking very forward to my 17 week check up, since it has been since 3 weeks since my last. Not long in the grand scheme of a pregnancy, but plenty long when I know the further along I am, the closer we get to meeting our little one. Apprehension set…
I shouldn’t be surprised. Yet I am again and again. At God’s goodness and unfathomable ways in our life. Lying on the table on Tuesday, waiting to see a miracle, I wasn’t so sure. Good thing I did not have a blood pressure cuff on because my reading would have been off the charts. I…