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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…