This past weekend my three-year-old had an awesome birthday party. I was super nervous because he has one of the worst birthdates for planning fun parties. I feel like he is too young to spend a fortune on a venue such as a trampoline park, and anything related to the outdoors is totally out of the question. So we planned a…
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My husband and I were not high school sweethearts. In fact, we did not date until my senior year of college, but we were best friends in high school. Nonetheless, we did go to my Junior prom together, and that was the night that I first realized Brad had stomach issues. I would come to realize this because he would run…
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They say that the days are long, but the years are short in the trenches of motherhood. As moms, our days are spent making snacks, wiping faces, and refereeing sibling squabbles. The messes seem endless, the noise at full level, and the work is often thankless. We give hugs, kiss boo-boos, and answer questions on repeat, often feeling so drained…
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Alone. Desperate. Hopeless. Helpless. Hagar sat waiting to die. She had left her son Ishmael far enough away that she couldn’t hear his cries as he faced the pain of hunger and thirst. She could not see a way out of this one. Just days earlier they had been stripped of their place in Abraham’s family and sent away, with…
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Sometimes it all comes rushing back. The memory of the night that Gideon struggled the most in Guatemala. Recalling my two-month-old baby boy screaming for air in between taking a frightening 95 breaths a minute makes my body physically ache. My heart starts racing with fear as the helplessness of it all comes back to the forefront of my mind….
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