Work: What Is It?

Work - what is it? Is it only what we get paid to do or is there a deeper definition to live by?

A Good Excuse. A Really Good Excuse.

This blog post has sat on my computer for months. Turns out having two little ones makes for not much time. Shocker. Who knew?! Oh, and I just gave away the whole point of this post...oops... This time I really do have a good excuse for the blog absence. The best kind of excuse: We …

1 Thing I’ve Learned So Far #2

Well, maybe...perhaps...we'll see... You ready for my earth-shattering revelation? It's so simple: Something is better than nothing. I have a personality that tends to lean towards 'if I can't do it perfectly, it's better not to do it at all'. It's quite deeply ingrained into me. I think it even goes back into my childhood …

Zipper Club: In God’s Hands…

...but mine as well (in case He makes a mistake) We were challenged a few Sundays ago to live our lives with open hands, palm upwards to God. I nodded along and thought, semi-proudly, that I was doing ok with our finances and possessions. During my pregnancy with Georgie, I laid her in God's hands, …

The Hair Weapon

I wrote this a year ago and never posted it because I was worried it would come across as 'look at how amazing I am' and I didn't want that! But simultaneously, we live in a world with a lot of bad stuff happening and we can often feel quite helpless in the face of …

Random Updates

An update on what's been happening and what I'm hoping will happen!

Zipper Club: How?

I've been pestering Joel to write Georgie a poem. Here it is. We share it in hopes that it might help other parents who have been through traumatic births. How can a person come to love someone they've never met? A child, still not fully formed, who's seen by no eyes yet, A beating heart, …

Zipper Club: The Battle After the War

There was a profound sense of relief when Georgie got through her op, a new urgency and battle of getting her home as soon as possible, all aided by a huge army of family, friends, prayer warriors, nurses, and doctors. Even driving home with her was mostly relief (mixed with utter fear, panic, and total …

Zipper Club (flashback): Pain & Faith

Something I wrote during Georgie's pregnancy.

Zipper Club (flashback): God is Good

Something I wrote during Georgie's pregnancy