Five years ago today. Five years ago today my handsome, hilarious husband and I realized that our separate lives would converge forever. We sat on a wall off Ocean Drive in Newport, RI sharing our life stories while shivering in the cool night air. We were supposed to have steaks with my brother that night,…
Memorial Day
On behalf of all of us who have gone from you to serve our country in the military, I thank you. I thank you for praying for us, encouraging us, loving us, worrying about us, writing us, and rejoicing with us when we return. Your influence on our lives for the sake of the gospel…
Thanks Mom and Dad!
How do you parents with more than one child ever get anywhere on time? It took 3 changes of clothes between 4 poopy diapers and spit up to get Annabelle in her incredibly heavy car seat to go to her 2-week checkup. Then I awkwardly carried her in her car seat through the rain, with…
The Wait is Over!
There are not many times in our lives when we know that a real life-changing event is eminent. An event that will impact each remaining moment of our days here on earth: graduation, a wedding, and the birth of a newborn to name a few. I sit here next to a sleeping Annabelle listening to…
When the Saints Go Marching In
Pope John Paul becoming a fast tracked saint. The Wedding of William and Kate. The death of Osama Bin Laden. These stories have flooded channels from this side of the pond to the other. Yet all of them seem to have become a backdrop for many of us from Kentucky to China as a real…