“Mommy, I know why you sing. You sing when you are trying not to be angry.” He trains my hands for battle; He strengthens my hands to bend a bow of bronze. You have given me your shield of victory. Your right hand supports me. Your help has made me great. You have made a […]

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart….and  your paths will be straight”   Proverbs 3:5-6 There’s nothing that makes my paths more crooked than pregnancy, and the hormones, fatigue and sickness it brings. I plan a course of action, a schedule and an agenda…..and then I don’t have the energy to carry it out. […]

We didn’t get what we expected. But now we wait in expectation for what we will get We will get Strength when we have none. Faith to ride the storms. God moving, moving in our children, when I’m rendered too weary for the job. Order when I can’t be the one to enforce it Joyful […]

God’s been hearing the cries for help from a desperately exhausted 8-month-pregnant mamma of four little ones.  Last week, too tired to move by the time dinner hour came along, my family’s nutritional intake was painfully lacking. Dinner Menu: Monday:free kids meals from Chic-fil-a (boy, did they lose money on THAT family night) Tuesday: bowls […]

(I started this post last week, before the whirlwind of the Japan trip started, but I thought I’d post it anyways.  Benjamin is getting baptized this Sunday before Danny leaves, because we just don’t know what is going to happen) My sweetest little baby boy, I can’t believe you are already 6 months today. You […]

(Warning – Long update from the heart below. may take some time to read. please do take that time.) Dearest family and friends, Its 5:00 am as I write this to you, been up since 3:00 with a heavy heart, feeling the weight of the war in my spirit as well as in my physical […]