Finding Beauty in the Brokenness: The Everyday

  I’ve been upright for three days straight now, and still beyond thankful that I didn’t need another surgery to fix things. The fog is lifting, and I’m able to see clearer. Brad and I laid in bed talking last night about a lot of the pain we’ve walked through and how we are processing …

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Finding Beauty in the Brokenness: Music

My life is a soundtrack. Ask my husband.  I have a song for almost any phrase, which I commonly burst into at any moment. I have a 6th sense of music – knowing the year it was released and what was happening in my life during that period. For instance some 80’s ballads are definite …

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Faith Over Feeling…

I’m so glad we don’t know all of the details of how things will go… I’m thankful that God gives us just enough to not overwhelm us in the moment… I’m ever grateful for the daily increments of grace needed for that day alone, not the entire road ahead. Otherwise, we would surely sink. If …

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Shaking Like a Leaf…

You may have noticed my absence around here. We are wading through some very difficult days, and I’ve tried to think of how to write it out and how much to tell, and I just don’t have words yet. My apologies for being so vague, but we appreciate your grace. We are choosing to believe …

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2013 in 80 seconds…

Here’s a look back at 2013 in just 80 seconds. Definitely just a handful of highlights, but it displays what a blessed year it has been. God has been so faithful to our family… Looking forward to more memories, milestones, accomplishments, and surprises in 2014! Wishing a happy and blessed New Year to you and …

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Teaching Gratitude at Christmas Through Hand-Written Cards

  We’re doing our best at making this year a simple Christmas season. Less fuss. Less stress. Less stuff. More of focusing on what MATTERS in the Season. I don’t want to leave thankfulness back in November. I’d love for it to be heavily sprinkled onto the things we do during this month of December. …

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A Baby Shower Devotion for My Niece Expecting Her First Child…

I had the amazing privilege of giving a short devotion on Sunday for my niece’s baby shower.  It was a shower that I will never forget (not only for the tornado warnings, hail, and taking shelter in a small inner office with 30+ people), but because it was a beautiful day to celebrate my niece, …

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Quads + Unemployment: When Our Financial Security Collapsed

The Storm Before The Storm When we found out we were expecting quadruplets in August of 2006 we thought their care would be the biggest financial hardship we would ever face as a couple. The estimated hospital bills for my high-risk care, as well as extended intensive care for four preemie babies, were quoted to …

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