This past weekend I was walking by a park near my house with Townes and I felt so overcome with excitement when I passed the basketball and tennis courts. Strange, I know, but the courts were filled with young men playing pickup games and people playing tennis. My...

366 days… If you were wondering that is 1 more day than normal, because yes, 2020 included Leap Year. It had everything else so why not Leap Year too!? My son is 12 months old. We have officially celebrated him achieving the milestone of a “Brave ONE”…Lion themed, of...

Can you believe Christmas is just days away? In some ways NO and in others, has this year been filled with twice as many months? Seriously. We received the funniest Christmas card this week, I mean I was in stitches and the clever sender took a picture of her...

One of the habits we have fallen into since bringing Townes home from the hospital is evening walks. It started as a way to get out of the house, to pass time at the end of the day…and maybe also to support our local food/beverage scene due to COVID in the Spring but...

This year has created more uncertainty for me personally than any other year I can remember, and I guess the solace here is, I am not alone…. unfortunately. But I have also learned that I have more certainty in Christ than anywhere else. As a follower for many years,...

A year ago this week our ordinary pregnancy became anything but. Now though in reflection, it led to some extraordinary things and today we celebrate unabatingly Townes reaching 6-month post-transplant! While we were in the hospital we were connected with a...

Month Six sure has been a busy one! Townes is now sitting up really well on his own, although he would much rather be standing assisted then sitting down. He now has 2 bottom teeth that have broken through the surface…who knew a human of his size could also produce...

Several years ago, I learned it’s better to label someone’s thought, fear, question, or concern before they can actually address it and in doing so, the power of it is gone. Let me give you an example and paint a picture for you. I am, oh, so thankful for my youthful...

Whew…what a year its been (and its not over)… And at this point you have probably forgotten that we lost a basketball superstar and were all desperately concerned about the Koalas surviving just 7 months ago (yes, you read that right, 7 months – not last year); and if...

Sometimes (and only briefly) should we look back to be reminded of where we have been but really so we can be encouraged by how far we have come.  The reality is when COVID-19 first started it seemed ridiculous to think that by July life wouldn’t be “normal” – it...