breathe in and out as your daddy travels worried over dusty roads breathe in and out as your mommy cries but finds her strength breathe in and out as they force your airway to.open.up breathe in and out as our tribe huddles around your hospital bed breathe in …
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A terrible, no good, very bad Father’s Day.
You see, there is this cherub cheeked baby. He’s sleeping right now a door away. Today when his mommy took him to the doctor, the doctor asked her a very hard question. He asked, “How old is your baby?” She sputtered and stumbled over the numbers in her tired mind until she had to admit… …
what would you do?
Friends of this blog, I really need your help. I know that this is a decision that only we can make, but I need to hear your outside perspective. I need to know what you would do if you were me, more for the comfort of knowing I’m not alone in this than anything else. …
The Other Place
sometimes I miss things moments from the other place they slip through my mind leave an ache as they pass details from another land leaves, sunshine, berries wide open spaces no looming walls snow, lefsa, winter coats Christmas with family zipping to Target frozen toes… this makes me wonder… I already love two places one …
Huntin’ Monkeys
My brother came by for a visit a few weeks ago (he just hopped on a quick 30 hr flight to get here) and on his last day with us he had one request: monkeys. He wanted to see MONKEYS! To us, monkeys are a little like the neighborhood skunk that everybody hates. Annoying, a …
Peanuts for God
“For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.” Isaiah 41:13 Today I need to be reminded that I have nothing to fear. Moving my family into central Africa is peanuts for God. He’s got this one. And the …