I’ve thought a lot about expectations today. Expectations that people have for us and expectations that I’ve had for myself. People have just expected us to have kids and probably still do. People may expect us to adopt now. I’ve lived a lot of my life in expectations – people expected me to be good…
What a day! Here’s a speedy version of the day – Bible study at 7:30am, went straight to work, went straight to Dan’s parents for supper, went home to put jeans on and went straight to the Young Life banquet, and then hung out with one of our dear youth group kids. Nutso! But I…
Recently we felt like everything was caving in on us – more than we ever imagined or could even think about. We thought finding out about not being able to have our own kids was a big of enough challenge. Then we were challenged hardcore this week with a different issue. BUT, God never lets…
Thanks living. Thanks LIVING. I was doing my Bible study today and it was about being thankful. Everything in our life should be a testimony of thanksgiving and praise to God. Whether it’s in what we say, what we write, what we think, in all circumstances, give thanks. Wow. Not gonna lie, that is REALLY…
A new day. Monday. I was looking forward to today since yesterday b/c yesterday was hard. I woke up thinking it’s a new day! A new day for new adventures. A new day with renewed thoughts. That’s what it has been so far. I worked this morning at church and then head to the bookstore…
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…
