Faithful to My Heart

I know it's silly.  I know it's irrational.  But it's still what I laid awake thinking about last night.

My child is lying sick in a hospital bed - she's 18 months old and had surgery yesterday.  I should have been thinking about doctors and antibiotics and stitches and gauze.  But all I could think about was her Easter basket.

Katelyn's Story

Click the pic of my baby girl to be taken to the story of what's going on with Katelyn right now.  Thank you all for your many prayers and sweet thoughts - it's really been overwhelming!  We love you!

To the Love of My Life

Happy 8th anniversary to the love of my life!  I can't believe it's gone so fast!  You and I have shared some of the most beautiful and the most devastating moments together and through them all you have been a safe place for me to fall, a shoulder to cry on, and a best friend to laugh with.  I do not deserve you but I thank God everyday for you.

I know this anniversary is bitter sweet.  Even as we grieve together, you have been a source of strength and comfort.  In those moments when I see you beside me, I think of your song, "It's been harder than we dreamed but I believe that's what the promise is for, so let's go dancing in the mine field."  And then I remember... you and I have always been able to dance in dark, haven't we?

I love you!

Happy Belated Valentine's Day!

I wanted to take pictures of Katelyn in her pretty Valentine's dress, which ended up being too big.  Then, on top of it, she wasn't in the picture taking mood, so we got only a few decent pictures of her.  Needless to say, I had to get pretty creative with the wording of her Valentine's card for family.  All in all, I thought it was pretty cute!  You can see the few other pics we got by clicking Read More!

SO in Love with HIM!

My Heart Hurts for This Belief

2011 Goals, Personal & Otherwise

Since I believe firmly that my personal (aka "inner") life is directly related to my professional (aka "outer") life, the following goals blur the lines between work and home.  But I know me, and if I don't find a way to articulate these things, I will inevitably forget what I have set out to this semester / year.  So, in all their relentlessly honest glory, here are my goals for 2011:

• Work out a minimum of 5 times a week
• Read a successive chapter of Celebration of Discipline during the first week of each new month and work to incorporate that discipline into my life during the remainder of that month
• Write a minimum of 1 blog on some aspect of Christianity / faith / religion each week, to be posted here and at sfaxa.org
• Implement and stick to an envelope system of budgeting for our family
• Discover and make steps towards becoming a person who consistently honors the people in my life
• Discover and make steps towards becoming a grateful person

Well, there you have it.  Obviously, if you read the wording carefully on the last two, you will see that I don't know exactly how to DO those.  But I am excited in my life right now to be developing plans to move forward.  No matter how small the step is, as long as you make it, you're making progress, right?  That's my hope, anyway!  That God will honor my feeble attempts to grow in His grace.  I trust that He will make up what I lack if I just give Him what I have!