A special “welcome” to those of you who found your way here through my Encouragement for Today devotion. I hope Steven’s story touched your heart. I know if it weren’t for the power of encouragement from God’s Words to me and His love expressed through people, I wouldn’t be who I am today. I also […]
A blog and a baby – can I have both?
I’ve struggled almost daily with not being able to blog much since we got home from Ethiopia with Aster. Not because I don’t love every minute with my new little girl. I’m seriously more crazy about her than I ever thought I could be this quickly! And not because I feel pressure to blog. It’s […]
Friendships are the Flowers In Life’s Garden
I remember reading somewhere that we should plant the garden of our lives with the beautiful flowers of friendship. This bouquet reminds me of the gift of friendship and how important it has been during the past several months. One of the things I’ve loved about the past two weeks since we brought Aster home […]
Welcome Home Aster!
My wonderful girlfriends Sharon, Bev, Alli, Erin and Erika (all from my Bible study group at church) hosted a big homecoming/baby shower for Aster at our house this past Saturday. We were lavished with love and gifts, but the best gift of all was having so many friends stop by to meet Aster and celebrate […]
Coming Soon..
Hi bloggy friends! I miss you! I have so much to tell you about our first week at home with Aster. I posted some updates on Twitter and shared some photos on Facebook last week. Hopefully you (my bloggy friends) have seen some of those in my new sidebar Twitter scroll gadget. That seems to […]