Parenting

  • Egg Retrieval Done!

    We are home! I am going to warn you – I am still under the influence of IV sedation and valium, so some of the sentences and trains of thought I have, might not make a whole lot of sense. We arrived in Grand Rapids a little before 8:45am, and there sure weren’t a lot of people there at…

  • Continuing the Story…

    Continuing our embryo adoption story… Our hearts ached. Ached and ached for those who were in the same predicament we were in: desiring children. Dan and I would sit in our living room and have conversation after conversation, talking about how we could possibly help these couples. These couples can carry, but cannot conceive. We…

  • Nesting

    With Mother’s Day approaching, it can be an occasion that can bring such mixed emotions for so many people. Last year, Dan and I were in South Carolina and we were so at peace with Mother’s Day. There was a reading that we had gone through at the church we attended down there and it…

  • What IS a Mom?

    I was thinking about how to describe today. I opened up my email and saw I had a facebook message from my friend Kelli. She wanted to let me know about a quote she heard today and she thought of us: Carrying your baby doesn’t make you a mom – it is what happens when…

  • Our Story of Renewed Hope

    God has been doing something very unique in our life over the past month and a half. God has renewed our hope with regards to our future and kids. God has provided in ways we could have NEVER imagined. We were trying to figure out how to express what has been going on in our life recently and the best way…

  • Oh how we love teens!

    Since Thursday, Dan and I have had the opportunity to stay/watch one of our friend’s, friend’s kid, who’s a sophomore in high school. Crazy how this all came to be, but it has been such a great experience! We have watched over high schoolers before by being their “parents” for the week and each time…