This is his most recent creation. He used some left over cardboard and made a framed picture for me to hang. I asked him where exactly I should hang it and he already had the wall in my bedroom all picked out! The Talker is an avid lover of bats. He wanted to build a “bat house.” So he and Continue Reading →

Here are some of the ingenious ideas of The Talker. From top to bottom: First, this is the puppet he made of me. Doesn’t it look just like me? The next set of pictures is the hat he made based off an idea he saw elsewhere. He analyzed it and figured out how to make one of his own. It Continue Reading →

It’s easy for you to read my story with my son and to think that after that pivotal night, our trials were over. That is far from the truth. It was a long road of some good days and some tough ones. But here’s the thing, when I asked, God equipped me to raise my son. It did not happen Continue Reading →

I wrestle with myself all the way down the stairs as to whether I will put on my happy face or let it all hang out. Somewhere between the top and the bottom of the stairs, I decide that I am so far done that I am also done pretending. I am going to be real tonight. God knew exactly Continue Reading →

I remember that night as clear as if it happened just last night. Like I mentioned before, it was the night that changed everything. It was a Tuesday night, my husband was at a meeting that night and I am getting everything and everyone ready for Biblestudy to be held at our house. The kids are supposed to be upstairs Continue Reading →

In the beginning there was one child. And there was another on the horizon about 3 months later. Yes, my two first children are only 12 months apart and, no, I did not plan that. This was so far from my plan that I wrestled with that pregnancy and then that child, The Talker, for longer than I care to Continue Reading →

I will return to “Should-itis“, but I felt compelled to write about something that happened this week before it got too far from my mind.

Following are some, but certainly not all of the symptoms for Should-itis. If you think that you many suffer from Should-itis, you should consult your Maker. 1) Wondering to yourself what God was thinking when He gave you this child to raise. 2) Crying out to God for much wisdom as to how to raise this child because you are Continue Reading →

I need to tell you something I’ve never shared on this blog before. I just haven’t been brave enough to share it with many people, I’m gonna put it out there today. I am a survivor of Should-itis. I have battled it for many years now, but it is currently in remission. I haven’t been declared “free” of it yet Continue Reading →