March 31st is a day that changed our lives. It’s the day I received an unexpected phone call from my doctor asking, “Are you and Josh still interested in adoption? If so, you may want to sit down for this.” Let me give you a little background... Ever since Josh and I met, we knew that when we were ready to have kids, we would go down the path of adoption. So, about three months before this phone call, we felt God encouraging us to ...
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How We Thrived Through Cancer as a Family
I recently read over some of my old journals that I wrote during Kicker’s treatment...amazing how it not only feels like it was yesterday, but how I vividly remember what things looked like for our family! And because I’ve experienced the “hard” being harder than I could have ever imagined, I wanted to share some hope to those of you reading this who are either going through cancer or any sort of life trial. It’s not pretty, and yes, ...
How to Make an Easy, Inexpensive and Healthy School Lunch
We’re coming in hot to another school year, and I don’t know about you, but I have all the feelings about this. I’m sad that summer is coming to an end, but I always appreciate getting back into routine and schedules. I’m also not mad about the fact that I won’t hear both of my kids telling me they’re “HUNGRY AGAIN, MOM” 48 times a day. As I think about going back to school…and hungry kids…I realize that packing lunches can be a tedious ...
Healthy School Lunch: Kid Tested and Approved
Does this resonate with you...It's an early weekday morning, and you are running around like a banchee warrior with your head chopped off, half dressed, coffee in hand and forcing your kids to inhale their breakfast while you throw into your kid's lunch box some pre-packaged "food" that has an unpronounceable ingredient list? Then, do you lovingly smack their cute little rear-ends and promise them that "tomorrow, your lunch will be better ...
