Our baby has a birthday today. We were living in Idaho when I delivered this 10-pound, cuddle-bug spud. He arrived after just a couple of hours in the birthing chair, which was a fairly new contraption at the time. I knew he was a boy, even though I’d never had an ultrasound. My belly was […]
WHO’S ON FIRST (a birthday)
Today is our firstborn’s birthday. Every new baby ignites in his parents an enormous passion and a fierce sense of protection and provision. It just wells up, usually accompanied by tears. The first time that happens, however….your defenses are stripped away, your heart is laid bare, and you realize, maybe for the first […]
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Multiple, Hard Events
Events are hard to put into words sometimes. My father-in-law passed away October 5th. We had flown to MD from FL to say goodbye just the day before. I’m so glad we made it. Two days later, while we were still in MD, my mom went to the ER here in FL with a GI […]
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BOYS TO MEN
My two boys have birthdays every summer, about two weeks (and 9 years) apart. We were altogether about 4 years ago (which is rare) and took this picture. Our oldest son, on the right, used to be bigger than our youngest son, on the left. And the hubs (in the middle) used to be bigger […]
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The Breath of Life (happy birthday, Sara!)
Today is our daughter’s birthday. Every birthday, we are amazed and grateful for the fact that she is alive and well. When she was 16 months old, she had a seizure that lasted 90 minutes. 90 minutes that literally took her breath away. Because she was a chubby, seizing toddler, the medics at the military […]
