In case you is wondering where I am, on my journey of finding myself. Now, instead of just doing what I’m told, or going along with, “you wouldn’t like that…” or “you should do this…” I am discovering my own thoughts, opinions, and preferences. Basically I’m thirty-sixteen years old… 😬 Recently, I was shopping for butterfly …
Normally I am at least a little stressed out getting my own car to go anywhere outside of my normal routine. But I just realized I spent the past week going tp 7 different car dealers, test-driving multiple cars, choosing random routes to drive, all while holding a conversation with the salesman (impressive multi-tasking) who …
PipSqueak and I were sitting in the front row at church, because we like to watch the Sign Language interpreter and learn ASL. A young lady (probably early 20s), was sitting behind us and said to me, “your daughter is so cute.” Thank you! The lady continued, asking, “what is her name?” …and… “oh, that’s …
Going into 2018, I’ve been asking myself, what is my theme for this new year? The first word which came to mind is: fearless. After all, the top hindrance in a person’s life is fear. Fear of failure, fear of what others think, fear of getting hurt. Those fears hold people back from living their dreams. …
Just before my daughter’s cleft palate surgery (in 2016), I saw a card with the quote: You never know how strong you are, until being strong is the only choice you have. That became my theme during my daughter’s surgery and recovery. It continued at a theme, with the discovery that my daughter needed hearing aids …
In January, our YWAM Bend team was blessed with a 3-day stay at a friend’s cabin. In less than a year, the six of us had gone from sharing a house, to living 45 minutes apart and having no team meetings for over 3 months. During our Retreat weekend, Duane led us through “The Best Year …
Back when Duane and I were engaged, I joined a women’s Bible study on a book called “Lies Women Believe” or something like that. Chapter after chapter, I thought “duh, of course that’s a lie.” Maybe sometimes I acted like that lie was true, but I did know it was a lie. I agreed with …
With each pre-term labor scare (and I had several), I would be up all night thinking, “I can’t do this. I’m not ready for this.” Feeling thankful when labor stopped by the morning, only to be frustrated that I was still pregnant for another day. By 39 weeks, I began to wonder if she was ever …
As we prepared for our daughter’s birth and hospital stay, a friend prayed we would be a light in the NICU. The first couple days were pretty dark. I was in survival mode, recovering from birth while exhausting myself going back and forth to the NICU to see my baby. After I was released from …
It seems everyone else in the NICU expected a normal birth only to have something go wrong and their babies were suddenly whisked away, even life-flighted to Portland NICU. My story is the opposite. I had a couple months mentally preparing for my baby to be whisked away. I came to the City ready to …
