One Year Ago One year since I got the phone call that changed everything. I remember dreaming about this day and what things would look like. What our family would look like? What I would look like? Like a forest after a consuming wildfire, I imagined ... Read More about A Defining Year
Yikes, 40 years
40 years Moses wandered in the desert before he was chosen by God to lead his people out of slavery. 40 days and 40 nights, Jesus fasted, tempted by Satan. All throughout scripture the number ’40' is significant — generally symbolizing a period of testing. For some reason, I felt compelled to ... Read More about Yikes, 40 years
Chin up
Every day For 356 days I have prayed for Ian to be healed. Actually, more like 446 days.... if you add the time when we learned Ian would need another brain surgery. No... more accurately it has been 7,595 days since Ian was 18 months old and his first brain bleed was discovered. Ever since ... Read More about Chin up
What’s Your Superpower?
Meeting new People Ian loves meeting new people. While at Craig hospital, it happened almost every day. And I so enjoyed watching the show. Sometimes it was a new therapist or nurse, sometimes it was a therapy dog owner and sometimes it was a visitor who came especially to ... Read More about What’s Your Superpower?
What are YOU waiting for?
Fun Past Time Waiting. Are you as good at it as I am? Waiting is a part of every day. We wait for mundane things -- the check out at the grocery store, the kids to go back to school, customer service to answer our phone call. We wait for medium sized things -- our niggly hip pain to subside, ... Read More about What are YOU waiting for?