Heart Condition

  • Thank You…

    I never imagined my life looking like this. I never imagined having 2 babies in heaven, being 3 open heart surgeries in, but also having the most beautiful daughter sleeping soundly in her bed at this moment, with a husband who is my biggest cheerleader. Even though I couldn’t feel more blessed with the gifts…

  • Around the Home

    What a week and I say that with such gratefulness for God’s grace and protection amidst a pretty crazy week! Sunday night during church, I started to feel really off. I was extremely warm and felt sweat beading up on my forehead and dripping from my core. I walked out, and I could feel my…

  • Around The Home

    Sometimes the last person I can give grace to is myself. I am a whole lot more patient with others, than myself. One thing heart failure has taught me is that I can’t control how I feel. I suppose to a certain degree I can, with what I do and eat, but I can’t control…

  • Heart Journey Update

    This past week, I was able to step away from the worries and wonders of what God is doing in my life and heart. Not that I put HIM aside, but the frustrations, disappointments, and heaviness of it all. We were able to go on my family’s vacation up north here in Michigan for a…

  • Gratitude and Disappointment

    I don’t understand. I find myself asking the whys all too often; especially this go around. Over the past week, I have been on the brink of tears numerous times and sometimes that wall of sandbags collapsed and the river overflowed. There is just so much I can’t wrap my mind around and often feel…