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It Takes Special Guys To Be Dad’s
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. Being a father is an important job and one of the most important ones you will have. I know for me I had an amazing one. My dad was special because he was one before he had to be. This is because he wasn’t my biological…
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Rejuvenate Your Strength in Hope
I wanted to remind you there is power and strength in “hope”. I recently realized the strength, power, and encouragement in the words grace, mercy, and faith, but hope tends to be neglected. I recently felt God nudging me to share this story with you since He rejuvenated us with the power and strength of…
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Giving Our Children Our Time
I spent the afternoon helping my daughter get ready for her preschoolers this week. I did not have this help as I grew up, and because I didn’t, it is my intention to help her as long as I am able to do so. She made some fall and Christmas play dough mats, pumpkins that…
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Waiting In The Shadows
Waiting is the life of a mother. We wait for our kids to come along. We wait for them to be born. We wait for them to go to school. We wait for them to graduate from high school. We wait for them to graduate from college. We wait for them to get married. With…
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Knowing You Are Important
Sometimes being a mom… is having to do the tough stuff when you don’t want to. It is having to give your child 4 shots worth of infusions after she already experienced 40 shots in her head earlier in the day. Sometimes it is showing up for them when you are so tired you can’t…
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Living My Real
A Day in The Life of Our Medical Journey This is how I am starting my day again. Sitting in a doctor’s office parking lot. Today is a bit harder though. Today I could just sit here and weep as my daughter walks off by herself to go get 25-30 nerve blocks in her head…
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Breathe Through The Uncertainty
Living The Everyday Life Episode 2 I don’t know about you, but we have had a months worth of Mondays all in one. We started the day out with my daughter struggling to be an adult today. Her computer crashed over the weekend, which to anyone who works from home or is an online college…
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Recognizing My Daughter Today
It is National Daughter’s Day I am recognizing my sweet daughter for National Daughter’s Day. I love you Kiddo. Your heart is a sweet and gentle one. You are fun loving and I just love your sense of humor. You always know how to make me laugh at just the right times. God has special…
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The Battle of Courage
Journaling Journey It is Friday night again and we are sitting here together as Kiddo does another week of IgG Infusions. This is not the best way for her to spend her Friday night, as most college students her age are out having fun, but doing it tonight is proving to be so much better…
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The Mother of Many Tasks
Journaling Journey It has been a busy past two weeks. I found myself lost in the physical day to day and did not take the time to process any thoughts I may have had along the way. I found myself not only being a nurse but found myself also being a motivator and a teacher…