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Oh how we love teens!

Since Thursday, Dan and I have had the opportunity to stay/watch one of our friend’s, friend’s kid, who’s a sophomore in high school. Crazy how this all came to be, but it has been such a great experience! We have watched over high schoolers before by being their “parents” for the week and each time…

Hope Unseen

Dan and I both just finished reading the book “Hope Unseen.” It’s written by Scotty Smiley, a soldier who became blind while on duty in Iraq. A piece of shrapnel from a car bomb went through his left eye, through his frontal lobe, and damaged the right eye. This book is a story of hope…

Impact, family-style

First off, I will post pictures of the Michigan game when I get them…Katie had the camara and I forgot to download them all while she was still here. Hopefully it’ll be soon! We had such a great time, but I will talk about it when I do that full post. Today, Impact (middle school…

The Life of a Squirrel

Why the crazy title you might ask? Today when I was jogging, I saw a squirrel high-tail it across the road, literally running for his life. Think about how often you see that – a squirrel running as fast as he can, but sometimes it’s just too late and thunk thunk thunk. Even if they…

Being Real…

I’m not even sure where to begin with this one :)! A couple of posts ago I had talked about my heart condition and where that put us today. As truthful as I was in that, there were still some things that were not said because of fear, the thought of not wanting to “deal…