The God Of All Comfort

You know it amuses me how we “think” we know why God has sent us somewhere, but then it turns out that there was a lot more to God’s plans then we’d thought.  So it was at my job with the labeling manufacturing company (Gee, I’m Sorry, But I Need To Quit). The owner of … More Trying To Witness To Those I’d Come To Love

Yes indeed-y, I had found a sure-fire way to get out of my job (Whoa, What Did I Get Into?).  I mean really, what a perfect excuse – I needed to stay home with Jeffrey for the summer as he still was unable to take care of himself. As May rolled around I put my … More Gee, I’m Sorry, But I Need To Quit

Yep, my life was comin’ up roses.  Things were settling into place.  I now even had a new job where the owner of the company had agreed to let me work part-time around Jeffrey’s school schedule (Hey-Ho, Hey-Ho, It’s Back To Work I Go). I was excited yet extremely nervous as I entered my new … More Whoa, What Did I Get Into?

Yay!  We had Jeffrey firmly placed in his new school (Jeffrey Starts Middle School), and now had a church home (Church Shopping).  But unfortunately we realized that our finances were dwindling rapidly, and I knew that I needed to find a part-time job.  I was sure it wasn’t going to be easy as Jeffrey was … More Hey-Ho, Hey-Ho, It’s Back To Work I Go

I really don’t like the name of this post, but it’s actually what we did once we settled into our new home in Oregon and got Jeffrey all set up and ready to go at his new school (Jeffrey Starts Middle School).  We missed our family and friends from up in the Seattle area, and … More Church Shopping

So here you are.  You look at your calendar and you see a big (perceivably stinky) meeting coming up in a week … in a couple days … then tomorrow … and you’re starting to do a little inside-panicking.  Quite frankly, you are just dreading this meeting, but you know it needs to be done. Well … More Jeffrey Starts Middle School

Even in the midst of extreme anxiety you can call on the Name of the Lord and He is there.  Nothing is beyond His reach, and every little detail is important to Him. Here we were, back from our trip to Seattle where we took Jeffrey to his special camp (Oops – Got To Head … More My First Flip-Out In Oregon

As I’ve been blabbing along in my blog-posts, I’ve all of a sudden realized that I’ve totally forgotten to write about a huge blessing for our son Jeffrey (as well as mom and dad). I’ve written before about how hard it was to find events that Jeffrey could participate it – I mean really participate … More Oops – Got To Head Back Real Quick!

Funny how when you look at pictures of an area, you get a preconceived idea of just what the whole region will look like.  Online you see pictures of homes that are in your price range with a nice piece of property – perhaps even having a little stream running right through your backyard.  Ah… … More Finally…

OK – a new adventure awaited the Kennedy family:  We were moving to a completely different state (Pulling Up Tent Stakes)! This move had actually been a long time coming, and if I hadn’t been such a selfish brat about not wanting to move because of my comfortableness with having my family close by, as … More Becoming “Small-Towners” (Almost)