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This past week has been one of recovery and as of Friday, I have had all restrictions lifted, pending pain! Of course that makes me want to do everything I couldn’t do in the past, but they were right – pain will let me know when I can’t do something. It’ll be slow, but good….
Really I should’ve called this post “Around the Vacation Home”, since this past week was spent with my family on vacay! It is always the highlight of our year and this year did not disappoint. We ended up having to switch venues a bit last minute for various reasons, but we were able to find…
One last Christmas party on Saturday! Having the party a bit later in the holiday season was nice so that we had something to look forward to! Of course Mazy was all the more excited because that meant there was more wrapping paper to rip and presents to unwrap. We started the night off with…
On this Mother’s Day… I think of God’s gifts to me: God’s gift of two little hooties. God’s gift of Brenda to us, to make the dream of becoming a mother possible. God’s gift of life – the dream of becoming parents. God’s gift of family and friends to support us through loss. God’s gift…
Tomorrow is a day that Dan and I often look upon with anticipation, but also with much confidence that God has our lives in His hands. Tomorrow I go in for my YEARLY heart checkup. I say “yearly” in all caps because for the past couple of years, I have been having to go in…
Summer in Michigan has been a HOT one! Granted we’ve only been back here for 3 years, but wowzas, this is has been the longest heat wave I remember in a long time, which means PLENTY of pool time! Mazy spent the beginning of last week camping with her grandparents and cousins on Dan’s side…