Seeing many social media posts last week and this week of parents sending their kids off to school, I couldn’t help but picture myself in that boat. Realizing that day is going to come, whether we are ready or not, whether we LIKE it or not, it’s coming. I have since taken some time to…
This year has had us on our toes, but even more so, on our knees. It really should have come as no shock when we learned that my heart had taken a decline this year. After learning that heart surgery was imminent, it brought some relief, knowing that the waiting period was ending. Since I…
Today we had yet another productive day spent at the University of Michigan’s Cardiovascular Center! Our morning started off with my TEE, where they stick an ultrasound probe down the esophagus, about the size of an index finger. After gargling some pretty nasty liquid, my throat was numb and I was given sedation. Apparently I…
Authenticity. Do you feel like that is becoming a word of the past? Do you feel like it is hard to find? Dan and I were watching the news and there was a report of yet another all-star pro athlete, making a poor decision, that could effect his upcoming season. So many of these incidences…
Sometimes it is hard to even imagine muttering words of praise. In times of trial, death, suffering, and struggles, the word praise can seem overwhelming, daunting, and sometimes even impossible. Have you ever experienced that? In some of our darkest hours, with tears streaming down our faces, we have tried to utter the words, “Blessed…
I’m pretty sure that when you read the title of this post, that it meant out of frustration. Isn’t that when we often times throw up our hands? As if we have nothing left to give? When there is nothing else you can do in a situation? Something Mazy has always struggled with is sleep….
