Change of plans
I’m on vacation this week, but my plans – however tentative – have been scrapped. Baby Zion arrived in Colorado Springs with his family (my brother and sister-in-law and two older nephews) on Saturday,...
View ArticleSweet baby Z
Sweet baby Zion is hanging on and hanging in there. His condition has shifted so many times and so quickly, it’s hard to know what to say – and I don’t want to say one thing, only to have it change in...
View ArticleToday
I am climbing Mt. Princeton. And baby Zion is breathing on his own. That’s basically all I could ask for on my 29th birthday. I am super grateful to have made it through the past 12 very difficult...
View ArticleMix and mingle
Me: “Hey Micah, do you know what D.O.B. stands for? Hint: it’s something they ask you for at the doctor’s office.” Micah (8): “Oh! Di-O-Betes.” - – - – - – - - Mom: “Mix up your soup.” Tyler (6): “Yeah...
View ArticleA beautiful maybe
“Is it okay for me to jump?” he yelled. I watched him pump his legs back and forth, swinging higher and higher until he was holding steady at a significant height. He and his brother had formed their...
View ArticleLet’s all quit our jobs and move to a commune with our favorite people
Last week, I took several days off of work to be with these guys: This week, I’m back in the office. And I’m having a really hard time with it.
View ArticleI thought we were taking a sweet picture
I’m only posting this so I can use the Swords tag again.
View ArticleDon’t Give Up Zion
My sweet nephew Zion, the ultimate miracle baby (besides Jesus), is now 3-years old. He is humongous and gorgeous and funny and emotional and snuggly (except when he doesn’t want to be snuggly) – and...
View ArticleThe last days
When I think of my last days in Colorado, I will think of the temperature – days in the high 90s, the brutal sun beating down on the Mile High City, and me, applying SPF 100 like my life depended on it...
View ArticleMan-Bat
A few weeks ago, I spent nearly a week with my nephews. Micah and Tyler are 11 and 10 now (someone hold me), and have an entire world of interests and passions and hobbies completely separate from what...
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