Category: Parenting

  • Life is short. Ask … anyone.

    Life is short. Ask … anyone.

    Yesterday our community, and our family personally, felt the horrific loss of Sharron Cantrell, the principal of Spring Hill Elementary School, Case’s school. It was a shock to everyone. I know that there are many, many people who feel the loss in a greater and more personal way than me, Case, or the rest of…

  • I’m No Angel

    I’m No Angel

    God never gives you more than you can handle. If I’ve heard that phrase once, I’ve heard it a thousand times. As if God created me with some extraordinary amount of patience, hope, perseverance, and strength. Sometimes people think that parents of children with special needs or terminal illnesses were hand selected by God because…

  • Who is that crazy lady?

    Who is that crazy lady?

    Someone might see me at times and think, “Just who is that crazy lady?” It might be when I’m singing the Barney song and adding my own little dance or when I’m pulling the imaginary horn in a chair choo-choo on the hospital stage. I’m the crazy lady who’s learning to live it like I…

  • Omniscient Grace

    Omniscient Grace

    Sometimes we learn amazing lessons about God from our children. Unconditional love. Instant forgiveness. Pure joy. But sometimes God uses our own words to our children to teach us. We have a baby monitor to hear our kids at night. All three of our boys share a room and it lets us hear the fights and…