…think about such things. Philippians 4:8
“Don’t worry, Salem, you won’t have any shots at this appointment,” I said confidently, as I told him about his upcoming appointment with the endocrinologist to check on his growth. Salem, my 7-year-old son with a chromosomal deletion and autism, has extreme anxiety over doctor appointments. The unknown of exactly what they’re going to do, …
I came home feeling empty. The kids and I had just been at a birthday party and I was glad to be home. The party was full of lovely people and fun activities to participate in, but because of Salem’s differences I had spent most of the party in a separate room with him, away from the …
Our move to Kansas did not go quite how I’d expected. We’ve been living here for over two months now and there have been many surprises along the way. The original plan included getting here, closing on our house right away, staying with some friends while we worked on our house to get it ready, …
“I’m sorry, I can’t hear you right now!,” I said, yelling into the phone, “A fire truck just pulled up next to us and the siren is on!!” It was the first week of December and we had landed in an airport less than an hour before to look for housing in Kansas where we …
After six hours of waiting in lines, getting my blood and urine tested, and getting an ultrasound done, I was finally sitting on the crinkly white paper of the examination table in urgent care about to hear my results. Soon the doctor whisked into the room with a cardiogram paper of the baby’s heartbeat in …
*If you missed Part 1 of this story, you can read it here. After three life-changing years in Philadelphia, we were sent off to Michigan for Nick to attend Andrews University Theological Seminary in the summer of 2014. We would be there for two and a half years. There were now four people in our …
From the start of our marriage in 2009, Nick and I, young college students at the time, knew little about budgeting and had no plans for how to use our money wisely in the present or the future. We both had low paying ministry jobs, but still chose to eat out often, bought whatever we …
I have a very bad habit of comparing myself to other people. I look at other moms and often feel that they are much better moms than me. I look at other Christian women and often feel that they are better Christians than I am. I look at women who are not only mothers and …
On my daughter’s 7th birthday, my husband and I took her out to lunch, just the three of us, so she could have some special one-on-one time with mom and dad. Eden was incredibly happy, dressed in her new pink dress with a large red cherries print, eating breadsticks, and working on an activity book …
Several months ago, I stepped outside of my house into the warm, sunny, breezy weather of the day. I was going for a solo walk around my neighborhood and my mind was racing with my most recent concerns. Something was bothering me that I couldn’t quite put my finger on and I asked God to …
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