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Lessons learned the first 50 years

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I hit a milestone. I turned 50 years old. I am thankful that I don't feel 50.   I am thankful for things God has taught me throughout those 50 years. .  I have learned that God loves mercy and when I feel a sense that justice needs to happen over mercy, all I need to do is remember that I am thankful for when God gives me mercy instead of a just punishment.   (Micah 6:8 8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.) ( Luke 6: 36  Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. ) I have learned that hurt people end up hurting people.   When I am able to see that I didn't hurt them but I am bearing the results of that persons hurt inflicted by other people, it helps me forgive whatever hurt they pushed onto me and move on.  (Romans 12 : 18  If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. )  I have learned that anyone who thinks they have God

NF Awareness Month

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 I wish I knew Jesse's mom's name. She did  a great job explaining what it is like to be a parent who has a child with NF.  There is always Hope in Christ... for God says over and over that HE is slow to anger and abounding with Love.  For that, I am thankful. Many thanks to Toan from Go Inspire Go who sent John-Michael this super Hero cape! A Tribute to the Parents of NF It all began with “coffee” marks on my precious new baby’s otherwise perfect skin. When the doctor said Neurofibromatosis, we entered a new world. We didn’t ask to go to this new place. We didn’t buy plane tickets or Mapquest it. But we got there nonetheless. ...In this new world there were things we’d never heard before. There were bone abnormalities called dysplasias, bowing, pseudoarthrosis, scoliosis… There were tumors called plexiforms, neurofibromas, gliomas, astrocytomas… Learning disabilities and developmental delays opened us up to things we knew existed, but never thought we’d

Moving...

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Sorry this blog has been silent.  We are moving a few towns away and moving my father and mother in law in with us.  This means decluttering, donating items, packing up items, painting walls, having showings, looking for a new house for all of us, etc.  All while parenting and teaching our three kids and living the crazy life that eveyone lives.   So, in a few weeks we will settle in here.