When people have asked me this week how I am doing, I say good; I say that because I really think I am doing good. I was talking to someone today and I said I had a few rough and tough spots last week, so on days when I feel I’m doing good, I really…
I feel like today is the epitomy of Dutch shopping! Trying to find the best deals and doing whatever it takes to get them. It was a great day of shopping with family, though we waited til about 7:30am to brave the crowds (me and my mom that is). We met up with my sister…
Changes. Changes are never easy. Changes are sometimes not welcomed. Sometimes I can be an ole fuddy-duddy Dutch girl who just wants things to always be the same – like sitting in the same pew every Sunday (no we actually don’t do that). As much as I don’t like change sometimes, I realize I’ve gone…
One month. What a month it has been. When I was cleaning today, I kept thinking about all the hardships this past month has brought, yet I still have so many things to be thankful for. I want today to be filled with praise for the things I am thankful for that God has taken…
The roller coaster. I feel like I’m on it today. Church sometimes can be such a positive experience, but at times, especially recently, it becomes a reminder of everything that we are going through. For example, and I know this may sound strange, but there was a children’s message and for some reason all the…
Dan put it well today “we are becoming really good at juggling a lot of things at one time and finding ways to make them work.” What he was referring to was our schedule this weekend b/c it was absolutely crazy til about 2 hours ago. Now we have nothing on the schedule, which feels…
