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Home once again! I have spent the past 2 weeks in Michigan, visiting family, soaking in the sun and catching up with family on vacation, and just enjoying the Michigan summers. It was a whirlwind of a trip! We headed to St. Joseph on June 10 (drove through the night) because we had Dan’s Grandma’s…
Labor Day weekends for us, have looked different the past 2 years. The first I landed in the hospital for the weekend with heart failure and last year, in the ER, with you guessed it, heart failure. Shortness of breath, fluctuating heart rate, and symptoms, have made the last few years fairly memorable this time…
Back in Michigan, we lived directly across from an ice skating rink. We knew we HAD to buy ice skates – kind of a rite of passage. Even though we only went about once a year (sad, I know…), we were always thankful we at least owned skates. Then we move to Minnesota – what I…
My arms and heart, so full. This past week, I have seen countless advertisements, facebook posts, and cards about Mother’s Day. My heart has been so overwhelmed with the thought of Mother’s Day, as I can’t help but feel so full of contentment, yet my heart ache at the same time. I am not sure…
It has been a rainy week in Minnesota this week, which meant finding new and creative things to do in the house! Though despite the rain, it still didn’t stop us from going outside. This week we did some more packing and cleaning. My goal in packing is to clean everything as we put it…
As many of you know, there is a woman that I have a friendship with that goes beyond human terms. To describe the relationship I have with Brenda Vriezema, well, it is indescribable. This is the very woman who felt the call of God on her life, to carry our children, when I was not…