I’ve thought a lot about expectations today. Expectations that people have for us and expectations that I’ve had for myself. People have just expected us to have kids and probably still do. People may expect us to adopt now. I’ve lived a lot of my life in expectations – people expected me to be good…
What a day! Here’s a speedy version of the day – Bible study at 7:30am, went straight to work, went straight to Dan’s parents for supper, went home to put jeans on and went straight to the Young Life banquet, and then hung out with one of our dear youth group kids. Nutso! But I…
A new day. Monday. I was looking forward to today since yesterday b/c yesterday was hard. I woke up thinking it’s a new day! A new day for new adventures. A new day with renewed thoughts. That’s what it has been so far. I worked this morning at church and then head to the bookstore…
I’m having one of those moments of utter frustration – I’ve kind of felt it all day. A couple times today I got all teary eyed for the most random reasons. I look at our youth group kids and get teary eyed. I see little kids and I get teary eyed. I think about what…
Today has been one of those days because both Dan and I are a little under the weather. We both have colds and have been so tired. For me, I think it’s a combination of the emotional week, being mentally drained, and just the drastic changing of the weather, all leading up to today. Thankfully…
This afternoon I had about a hour to sit and read. I picked up the book “When the Womb is Empty” again…though I once again hesitated. I felt that today I wasn’t on the brink of tears at any given time, so this may be a good time to read it, and it was. Here…
