Category Archives: Motherhood

My smiley, happy boy, today you are FIVE!  You add so much joy to my life!  You are an absolute gift to your daddy and I for so many reasons. You love to help.  Help Lukey get his shoes off, help me fold the laundry, help daddy run errands.  You contribute to helping our house […]

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To the ones who do the dirty work.  The messy work.  The tired work.  The dishes and laundry and toilets and floors.  The work that doesn’t get noticed unless it doesn’t get done. To the ones who make things better.  With hands that wipe tears and noses.  Arms that provide security and comfort.  With faces […]

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May 6th is a tricky day for me. It’s the day before everything changed.  The day before diagnosis.  The day before diabetes came knocking. For 1,676 days from October 4th, 2008 through May 6th, 2013 we had it pretty easy.  She could eat whenever and wherever she wanted to without us giving it a second thought. […]

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You know those days that start out ridiculously early…say 5:30am-ish, when one of your kiddos is wide awake because he just wants yogurt and a cartoon and another one is wide awake because he wet his sheets?  One of those mornings when you hear an explosion coming from your refrigerator at about 6am and inside, […]

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As a mother and a woman of faith, I am always trying to sneak Biblical truths into the hearts of my kiddos. We read Bible stories together before bed. We pray before meals and before bedtime. When someone makes a bad choice, we talk about what the Bible has to say about it. We have […]

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