Remembering Isaac

This past weekend I had the opportunity to get away with my dear friend Kami. We made a little road trip down to Newton, IA to attend a women’s conference where Angie Smith was speaking. I have long followed Angie’s writing. In 2008 she started blogging as a way to communicate with family and friends…

Some of you may already know parts of this story….but I was reflecting on these beautiful women and how they became such an integral part of my life and it felt important to share it again here. I can see so clearly how God was placing specific people in my life for this very time…

2 years ago things were really really hard for Isaac. We spent that next year+ warring on our knees on his behalf. I remember praying daily, hourly for God to rescue him. There were nights we didn’t sleep because I wasn’t sure he would make it through. The depths of his depression and anxiety became…

The elephant is back. The one that visits time and again. That sits on my chest and reminds me of the reality of our lives “after”… I had been given a reprieve and while I didn’t feel great, the constant weight of the elephant wasn’t there. But it came back. It has been a hard…

I was speaking with a man this morning whose wife is dying of cancer. Having walked through what we did with Isaac, I can imagine his pain. I know our suffering is different than his…but if I allow myself to consider his situation I can imagine it. And it is awful. To watch the love…

Last weekend was incredibly difficult for me. I caused hurt by some of my actions towards Dominic, I isolated and cancelled all the plans I had for the weekend and spent several days in a pretty dark place. I think it is understandable in some ways, just because of all we have been through, but…

In 2018 we walked this path with Isaac (See link to story below.) It was one of the hardest things we had done up to that point. We believed his safety was at risk and we had to do something. The drive to get him, the drive to the hospital…the questions from the staff and…

Maybe it is because it is Saturday or maybe it is because it is 6 weeks…..maybe it is because I had to walk through a milestone and pretend that I didn’t feel absolutely empty inside, or maybe it is the stupid argument I had about a computer monitor, that was probably not about the monitor…

Today is my 45th birthday. Typically I am not one that lets a birthday phase me. I have always felt blessed by my family and my friends, as I have aged I felt like I was doing so with greater grace for others, knowledge of God and an understanding of who He was in my…

“You might think that praying with someone in pain is a small and insignificant thing, but it is not. You’ll likely be able to ask God for help with a different level of faith than your hurting friend can muster. The boldness of your request and the confidence in your approach to the throne of…