Heart Condition

One Giant Leap Forward

One Giant Leap Forward

The hum of the highway was an all too familiar sound as we made our way down to Ann Arbor today for my post op appointment. It is the only highway route I have taken since October 19, when we headed down to Michigan for my first surgery. That was also the last time I…

When God Calls A Time Out

Life is going well. Things seem to be breezing along, when all of a sudden, God calls a time out. You stop, look back, look up, whatever, and wonder WHAT? Life is not going well. Things seem to be spinning out of control, when all of a sudden, God calls a time out. You stop,…

Surrendering Control

I just want to see the whole puzzle come together. Have you ever felt that way? But God is saying, hold on my child, just wait? This past week hasn’t gone as expected, having landed at U of M again, though thankfully our wheels stayed on the ground this time. In a way it came…

Chiseling

Chiseling

Think back over your life. What have been the “ah-ha” moments of your life? The times when you have found yourself changing the most? Usually it’s after a big life event. Starting college, getting married, having your first child, or fourth, starting a new job, becoming an empty-nester, or maybe even losing a loved one….

Noise

Life is LOUD, isn’t it? I remember the days of walking through the fields to get to our cousin’s house. Saturday at 3:00pm, we would start stomping through the hay fields or along the paths of the corn, to venture out on whatever our free minds wanted to do. Sometimes it was jumping off the…