(Welcome to my first post on my new site, as well as my last post of 2013! Lots of construction still under way…thanks for your patience!) (Because no family photo could actually have everyone looking in the same direction, and smiling, at once…) In order to move forward in head and heart as the New […]
Thankfulness entails honesty. Why pretend when God knows the deepest parts of our hearts? The moment I realized there was no such thing as a secret between me and God, my awe of Him increased, along with my love for Him. I breathed in at that moment the truth that God loves me, as is, […]
My mom’s not a huge fan of crowds but she wanted to do this walk. She didn’t want to stay for the closing ceremonies or anything like that. She said walking together was her celebration, so that’s just what we did. Three generations, riding the Light Rail at the wee hours…HOW AWESOME DOES MY MOM […]
Today Emily and I are walking the streets of Denver in the Race for a Cure. We will walk with my mom, Bebe, a one year breast cancer survivor. We’ll also walk with my little sister Dana, and her step-daughter, Annie, and with thousands of others who walk for whomever it is they walk. Just wanted to […]
I am pretty worked up about an article I read via Facebook, via Tiny Prints, via Parenting.com First of all, as many of the fans of Tiny Prints pointed out, stick with making great prints and cards, skip the other agendas. Their job is to make paper look great. So, here’s the article. And here […]
Jason and I hugged maybe a little more than normal yesterday. We just kept staring at our son, looking at one another, and then finally stating the obvious, “We have a one year old son. We’ve never had a one year old son before…Thank You, Lord God, for the blessing of Ryan Graves!” Not trying […]
For those of you praying for my mom, I just wanted to share an update… She and my dad got to the hospital early this morning. They started surgery at 8:15. My dad just got a call at 11:45 that they had completed one side and are moving onto the next. They expect to be […]
I have to say, it is so very refreshing to be in a setting where, what was once private and hush hush, can be spoken of with earnestness, sincerity, and candid authenticity. (I know that is quite a list of words but Em and I have been reading the original Nancy Drew books, and boy […]
Cancer is like saying #$%^&*. It’s got six letters but it’s a four-letter word. I’ve never liked the word cancer. Merriam Webster defines it four ways: a northern zodiacal constellation between Gemini and Leo a malignant tumor of potentially unlimited growth that expands locally by invasion and systemically by metastasis; an abnormal bodily state marked […]
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