Emily at bedtime tonight (with her arms wrapped around me tight): Mommy, I would stay stuck to you all night if I could. Like a glue stick. Oh how I love that girl. ——————— Everyone is tired after a fun cookout with friends tonight. Hopefully that adds up to a good night’s sleep. On a [...]
So I could write this post about a lot of things. I could detail the low point that Dan and I had as parents several nights ago. I could let you know how much better things have been since then. I could talk about progress that Julia is making in several areas. But instead, I [...]
Music is such an emotional thing for me, and today I heard a song on the radio I had never heard before that is so perfect for where I am right now. I had to Google the lyrics to find out what song it was. It is called Blessings and it is by Laura Story. [...]
There’s a funny thing about blogging – you can really make yourself be whomever you want to be in writing. For my part, I have not tried to make myself better or worse than I really am. I guess you could say I am striving for transparency. But when that transparency will reveal things that [...]
Emily has an important announcement to make about today: That’s right, Julia took 5 or 6 unassisted steps between Dan and I today! I am so glad we were all here to witness it. Emily and Norah were so excited they were jumping up and down. Julia seemed a bit confused at first, then got [...]
Had a bit of a rough patch this morning. The day started off great. Julia was all smiles this morning when she woke up around 6:30. We all had a good breakfast, got dressed, took Emily to school, and went to the post office to mail Julia’s announcements. Then we got home, had a snack, [...]
To all the moms out there – Happy Mother’s Day! As my wonderful husband wrote in his card to me, this is my first Mother’s Day with all three of my girls. To be honest, I had mixed feelings about it all day. Each time I would start to relax, suddenly Julia would start crying [...]
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted [...]
