Category Archives: Motherhood

Six was a big year.  When you were six, you finished kindergarten.  You made friends without my help.  You learned to read!  You rode your bike without training wheels.  You showed us your leadership skills, your drive to succeed, your desire for independence. I wonder what seven will be like for you.  What will you […]

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November is National Diabetes Month. When Mackenna was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2013, my list of life goals grew by two. Learn how to manage her diabetes well, and teach her to do the same, so that she can live a long and healthy life. Educate anyone who will listen about the truth […]

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Without going into detail that might one day embarrass her…let me just say that the last few weeks have not been easy for us.  She’s made poor choices.  She’s been warned.  She’s made those poor choices again.  She’s suffered consequences.  She’s pretended they didn’t affect her, even though I know they did.  She is her […]

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This is my gorgeous niece, Baby H.  She is seriously one of the happiest babies I have ever met.  And in her short eight months of life so far, she has been through a LOT.  She is a little fighter, this one.  A lover of life and love and family.  She had a mountain to […]

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Oh sweet boy. Before you were even born I recognized your life as a miracle.  Your very existence in my womb was a life loved and protected by the One who put you there. Your kicks in my belly reminded me that God is good.  And He has a plan.  And He is trustworthy. And then […]

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