Seven years ago this month, the Phillips’ family was flipped upside down and turned inside out. A doctor frowned at an ultrasound picture and said something was very, very wrong with our little precious daughter’s heart. I remember this immediate feeling of inferiority. That I wasn’t up for this. That I wasn’t equipped to handle […]
Annabelle
HAPPY HEART DAY — FIVE YEARS LATER, Annabelle!!!!
I’m just finally sitting down to my computer for today. I spent the day doing normal things. Garage saling. Grocery shopping. Picking out some paint. Buying a pair of pants (I really need to lay off the Dr. Pepper…), just to detail a few errands. Very normal things. Five years ago was oh-so-different. “Normal” was […]
A Different Kind of Worry
If I wanted to sound really Christian, I would title this post, “A Different Kind of Concern” because…. Christians aren’t supposed to worry, right? We call it “concern” to make ourselves feel a little more holy. Actually, I should own this one and say this is what *I* tend to do. It’s such a balancing […]
Best Laid Plans
Us humans and our plans. We like them, don’t we? I do, anyway. I like to know a little what to expect. I mean, I’m all about spontaneity. I just usually like to plan for the time when I can do something spontaneous…. That makes a LOT of sense right there, huh! God long ago […]
Gettin’ in the back-to-school Groove
It’s here. I’m both excited and ready to weep at the same time. ALL FOUR of my children are in school. I have a high schooler, a middle schooler, a 4th grader, and a kindergardner now. Holy canoli. What does this mean? ~It means I’m getting older and have no “babies” at home. ~It means […]