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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…
Oh the journey. Again, words are hard to find to describe what is going on inside of us, our hearts, our faith, and in our lives. So as always, this is going to take just a few posts to really explain. But two words keep coming to mind: Knitted together. What this has meant for…
This past week hasn’t been an easy one, health-wise, but I will say it has been an AMAZING week at HOME! So thankful that this past week did not entail anymore hospital stays, and just a follow up in Ann Arbor. God sure has been gracious and gave us a bit of a break from…
This is a lesson that has taken and is still taking me, far too long to learn: appreciating the moment. Busy days can get the best of us. Looking at the calendar, our schedules fill up. Demands from every corner fill our minds with what we AREN’T accomplishing, maybe even creating a feeling of guilt…
(Taking pictures of a 15 month old sure can be interesting! Not-so-perfect pictures is the beauty. The fact that not everything is perfect in life, but it’s capturing those not-so-perfect moments that make the moment perfect. It’s reality. And I LOVE it). Stats: ~ Height: 31 inches (61st percentile) ~ Weight: 20 lbs. 11…
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…