Outnumbered and Overjoyed

Deep breath. That boy. Lately there have been so many good things surrounding him and the tween he's becoming: he volunteered to par...

This is not to say that the gifts that I haven't blogged about individually are not 'special gifts'....there are just too many t...

Yet another one. Another one of the many special gifts Ruby has received from what I can only describe as her adoring fans. Just before...

  Joshua 24:15 "...as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord .” At the end of each calendar year, I put all of my blog pos...

The cool stuff keeps happening... A few weeks ago I received a message from someone asking if we would mind if their son shaved his head i...

For the last several years, Maddux and Lehr have attended a father-daughter dance, either at a local church or at Maddux's school. This ...

Psalm 71: 23  My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You; And my soul, which You have redeemed. Ruby is OU...

If you know Ruby, you know she makes friends everywhere she goes. She walks through Publix, school, the hospital, LIFE, waving to people and...

When I get mad, thinking about this fall (and winter!) and all of the moments that leukemia stole from us, I have to remind myself that leuk...

Eli and Maddux attended a 36-hour camp this weekend. Camp Sunshine is a great resource for families going through childhood cancer. There a...

Eli had to write a hero essay in school. Last year he chose his grandpa, my dad, and wrote a very cool essay about him. This year he chose m...

Rounds are done, Ruby and I are walking the halls again. She still prefers to push the pole rather than just catch a ride, but now she has a...

Almost there....it's always the last mile that's the longest. The last month of pregnancy, the last hour of the drive, the last lap ...

Jeremiah 29:11  For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hop...

I could write a blog every day for the next year about the outpouring of love and prayers and gifts and cards that have been showered on Rub...

Even though I got the tattoo several months ago, it's just now making it's way into the sight line of those around me. And while it...

Eli and some of his classmates just finished up a month-long lesson in etiquette in the form of 'cotillion'. This is not something I...

Psalm 150:1-2   Praise the Lord . Praise God in His sanctuary;   praise Him in His mighty heavens. Praise Him for His acts of power; prai...

Galatians 6:9  Do not become weary in good work for at the right time, if you do not give up, there will be a harvest. Total soul bearin...

For reals. Two weeks in a row I secured a babysitter and made plans to take my amazing husband on a date. And two weeks in a row, those p...