At 8:50 pm, on January 31st 2008, (5 long short years ago) I lay in the OR while Josh was taken over 5 weeks too early. They called it fetal distress and couldn’t wait for nature to take it’s course. As the rolled the gurney out of the room where Tim sat signing consent papersContinue reading “5 very long short years”
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Live to Give
I am not sure if you are like me at all… some of you may be and some maybe not. However, if you are like me then you will understand when I say sometimes I think that I am just got ‘gifted enough’ or ‘too small’ (that’s figurative not literal) to do much for God.Continue reading “Live to Give”
The day he was born
The day Josh was born I woke feeling ‘not right’, Tim went to work and I went back to bed to lie down. By 1:00 pm I couldn’t feel normal movement, by 3 pm I was in a panic because I could feel him at all and I was cramping, though I tried all theContinue reading “The day he was born”
New favorite song…
What Faith Can Do – Kutless Everybody falls sometimesGotta find the strength to riseFrom the ashes and make a new beginningAnyone can feel the acheYou think it’s more than you can takeBut you’re stronger, stronger than you knowDon’t you give up nowThe sun will soon be shiningYou gotta face the cloudsTo find the silver liningContinue reading “New favorite song…”
The upside of the digital age
In the days leading up to the July 8th day of prayer for Josh I have been collecting emails from people who have over time taken time out of their day to email us and tell us they are praying (so if you have any please forward them). I am compiling these emails so thatContinue reading “The upside of the digital age”
the boy with who calls me Mummy
Once again our little man has baffled the doctors at Sick Kids who cannot figure out why his heart is the way it is… those were our cardiologist’s words. However, they do not feel that his heart is in immediate danger and would like to wait and see how he does over the summer. WeContinue reading “the boy with who calls me Mummy”
Wow…
I have spent some time today just watching my kids… they don’t know I am doing it but I am looking at them and in awe trying to contemplate the reality that they came from me!? How is that miracle possible? Every once and a while I stop and consider this, and still I amContinue reading “Wow…”
Return on my Investment!
I am always getting lessons in patience, most of which I tell you about, but this week, that patience is being rewarded with some Huge returns on my time investment! Josh is talking more this week than I have ever heard before! He is seeming to want to learn the alphabet so I have been taking him throughContinue reading “Return on my Investment!”
Scars & Smiles
Tomorrow Joshua turns three years old… it amazes me to think about that. Josh is three. He has been alive for three years, this kid that doctors told me wouldn’t live an hour is thriving, happy and three! What a gift! Every birthday he has I sit and look back, this year in particular IContinue reading “Scars & Smiles”
I believe!
Josh woke in the night needing his medicine, I gave it to him and before he’d even swallowed it he was back asleep. It took me a little longer. I watched him sleep for a few minutes before heading back to my own room. He looks so peaceful and sweet, he always has. He hasContinue reading “I believe!”
Through the Lens of Motherhood 