Category Archives: family
reflections from a rainy good friday
(orignal post from 2014) i remember when i was younger i always wondered why we didn’t call Good Friday. you knowView full post »
dancing with the highs & the lows
we laid there & laughed, fairly loudly actually. especially since it was only 5 something in the morning. we hadView full post »
baby it’s cold outside
friends. it’s freezing here. i realize it’s freezing basically everywhere so we need not try to out-frigid-View full post »
the gift
several weeks ago a precious friend gave me a priceless gift….a weekend at her beautiful home in watercolorView full post »
while we become & the christmas card
earlier this week i sat beside a dear friend as we worshipped together and listened to stories of hope at a largeView full post »
college football, birthday boys & belonging
months ago, madison had a fabulous idea–how ’bout we celebrate dad & take everyone to the collegeView full post »
18 & brave
i am certain highschool for this generation is completely different than highschool days were for me. i’ve watchedView full post »
the story so far
dan & i were talking yesterday about how surreal these last 6 weeks have been. while i realize i’ve bloggedView full post »
my man & colon cancer
i would humbly like to ask you to pray for dan. this morning he will head into surgery to have about two feet of hisView full post »
within both the unknown and the known
Okay sweet friends. We were called into meet with dan’s GI guy yesterday…. Dan has colon cancer. Biopsies ofView full post »
within the fear
thank ya’ll so much for checking in on us this week. the day of dan’s tests i asked him if he was totallyView full post »
thoughts on parenting & great oaks for HIS glory
last night we celebrated our seniors at church. a huge bunch of creative kids who truly SHINE, not just in theirView full post »
easter at our home, “oceans” & nester’s new book
goodness gracious ya’ll! after two super dark & dreary days we awoke sunday to a glorious easter sunrise &View full post »
allofmylove2you
i married him in a garden 15 years ago today. he vowed to love “us”…all four of us, savannah, madisonView full post »
a weekend with the bookends
if you’re new around here, we affectionately refer to our first born & last born as the bookends. everyView full post »


