Every summer we try to plan a trip home, usually ending up with at least one other trip squeezed in there too. Two weeks ago I found out I had flight vouchers set to expire on July 1 – and travel had to be used by that date. So Bella and I booked two tickets…
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Last Minute Plans
ContinueIn a very last-minute bit of plans, tomorrow morning at 4am Bella and I head to the airport to fly to Colorado for the week. Thursday I remembered I’d gotten Southwest vouchers on a flight home from California last year where we gave up our seats for a flight an hour later. Checking them, I…
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Perfect in Weakness
ContinueSeveral months before I went to Zimbabwe, I started praying daily that God would use my life for his purpose. For something, anything to happen to me that didn’t end in heartache. The Sunday before I heard from World Vision, Sam and I were at church. We hadn’t gone in a while and of course the…
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2015 Resolution: Change Someone Else’s Life
ContinueI thought this song by the amazing Kari Jobe was perfect to go with this post. So this year I decided to actually make some resolutions since the past 3 years I haven’t really done any. As I was thinking them through, I felt a little nagging voice asking, “Changing your world is great. It…
{About Me}
Sam and I have been married since I was 19. He was 20. He's an OIF, medically retired veteran of the Army and Marines. We have 5 children - Bella was born in 2009 after a rather bumpy pregnancy and her first year was mostly crazy reflux. Preston and Julian, my identical twins, were born at 20 weeks in 2012 and lived only a few hours. Kaden was born full term in 2013 seemingly perfect, and at 4 days old he was found to have cardiomyopathy due to ciHHV-6. He passed away at 3 weeks old. Charlotte was born in 2015, and was a complete surprise to us. Each of them have changed our lives completely.
Currently I'm in school to become a counselor who focuses on trauma and grief.
I love Jesus - even though sometimes I get really angry and upset at the way our life has gone. I hope through my faults, insecurities, snarkiness, selfish nature, and general mess - my love for Christ and His work in my life shines through in my story.
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