It Was Only Five Red Balloons but it Was Enough…

I stood in the line to check out at Wal Mart Saturday after wandering aimlessly through the Christmas section for way too long. It’s been hard to get in the Christmas spirit this year, but I’m trying… In my cart I ended up with two large containers...

Please pray for Brandon…

I belong to an online support group for parents with children who are fighting ependymomas (the kind of brain tumors Nick fought for 6 1/2 years). Every once in a while, I bond extra closely with a family when their road is so similar to ours. Brandon’s journey...

Blog Nativity Challenge….What Do You Need to Move?

Well, I can’t pretend that the last few days have been easy. I have had so many tears and the loss of Nick has sunk in to a much deeper and more painful reality in my heart. Thank you for every email note, every card, every phone call,and every prayer. But, I...

All I Can Say This Morning….

We packed our weekend full of activities, forcing ourselves to do the “normal” things like putting up our tree, hanging Christmas lights, and even putting stockings on the mantle which I dreaded most of all. I have much to write about from the weekend, but...

Not-So-Black Friday……….

Today did start pretty “black”………..the sky anyway…… But Mom, Evan, Maria, Todd, and I felt anything but darkness. We had awoken at 3:30 a.m. and almost immediately heard the sound of mom’s wind chimes ringing loudly on...

Happy Thanksgiving!

I haven’t read this book (If You Give a Pig a Party) that is waiting for Olivia under mom’s Christmas tree….. I’ll read it with Olivia when she wakes up.  (Olivia loves pigs!!) But it does make me think about some other...