Wordless Wednesday ~ The difference a year makes

At The Park – 2008 vs. 2009

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Random Things: Will & Recharging

Because sometimes I just got random things to say, okay?!

Random Thing #1: God’s will

At some point, my husband hit a crisis. He was gone, he had relapsed, it was bad. He didn’t know I knew, and he was on his way home. This was it. He was going to die if he didn’t stop, and I . . . → Read More: Random Things: Will & Recharging

32

32.

Thirty-two.

Thurteeeeee. Toooooo.

That used to be what old people were, remember? Remember when we were young and thought about our parents ages and how we would look and act and talk when (and if) we were that age?

And remember how we figured we would be flying cars and eating our meals in capsule-form . . . → Read More: 32

no words.

Thinking of Heather and Mike saying goodbye to their Maddie right now on the west coast.

I had all these words to write earlier, and now I just can’t put them together.

May God bring them peace. That’s all I can say.

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What I learned today

That 4 months and 2 weeks worth of laying around on your back makes learning to do this:

 

Worth screaming for joy over.

There is a very proud and tired baby in the Messiness household this evening, because apparently, once you learn how to roll over, it is ridiculous . . . → Read More: What I learned today

Thank you, God for our healthy babies.

After watching Heather & Mike’s unspeakable tragedy unfold and knowing that the world will not be the same after their precious baby Maddie has left it – I have no other words but to thank God for our five healthy and strong kids.

“Ye have lost a child–nay, she is not lost to you, who is found to Christ; . . . → Read More: Thank you, God for our healthy babies.

Emerging

“I am prone to depression”.
No.
“Sometimes I get depressed”.
No.
“I struggle with dep-” No.
“Depression has always been a-” No, that’s stupid.
I never talk about it except to my husband, and even that is new. Before him, the only time I came close to discussing it was if someone demanded that yes-I-did remember that-one-time that-one-thing happened, and I have . . . → Read More: Emerging