When you lose a loved one, I think everyone would agree that it’s after the “busyness” of the memorial service – and after all the friends stop coming by on a daily basis – that the real pain starts to arrive. Because now you have to go back to living your life, you have to … More But Then Real Life Sets In…
You know, life sometimes just throws circumstances at us that we have no control over. That certainly was the situation when the realization hit us that we were going to have to plan another memorial service for our second son in just a 5 month time period. Plus little Bryan’s passing had been expected (Peacefully … More Light Shines Through the Darkness
I’ve been writing about losing 2 of our boys, and I have to come right out and say that it’s been brutal sometimes to go back and re-live those times. I’ve had a number of meltdowns the past few weeks, especially as I’ve gone through some old pictures – some of which I hadn’t been … More Friends … Forever
Nothing, nothing, NOTHING can prepare you for losing a child. Life is so fragile – we just think automatically that our children will still be living when we die. But as I wrote in my last post, The Purity of a Child’s Heart, that’s because unfortunately we really don’t take a lot of God’s Word … More The Day When Jesus Became Real
Jesus tells us in Luke 18:17 (NIV): “I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” What does that mean? It means accepting God’s words in total dependence, full trust, frank openness and complete sincerity. Children just seem to accept what God’s … More The Purity of a Child’s Heart
As I look back now, I can definitely see how God was working behind the scenes throughout the whole ordeal with our little premature twin babies – in spite of my sometimes belligerent and ungrateful attitude. Even though I still had not come to a real and true knowledge of who God was, God knew … More Peacefully Passing Into God’s Arms…
Our new daily routine after delivering our twin boys was to drive every day to Children’s Hospital in Seattle to spend some time with our new babies. Besides that, I decided I was done having kids. I went back to my OB/GYN and had him cauterize my tubes together. I did not want anything like … More Our New Daily Routine
As I wrote in my last post God – You’re Not Listening to Me!, I had indeed been very angry with God when I found out I was carrying twin babies instead of just one child. Even though Gary and I were becoming more and more entrenched in our wonderful new church home, I still … More What Was Happening?
When my husband and I finally made the decision to start a family we decided that we (or was it just me?) wanted just two kids. Not three, just two. We also agreed that we didn’t want them to be too far apart in age as my sister and I had been 4+ years apart, … More God – You’re Not Listening to Me!
When I was just a little baby, my mom and dad had me baptized by sprinkling in a ceremony at our Lutheran church. My mother had been brought up in the Lutheran faith, and as a matter of fact her dad had been a Lutheran minister – although he passed away before my sister and … More Why Do I Need to Be Baptized – Again???
The God Of All Comfort 