I remember so vividly the days that I was afraid to pray in public. It was literally a paralyzing fear of mine. I hated to be in groups at church in which there would be even the slighest possibility I could get called on to pray or expected to pray in a “circle prayer”. Silly…I…
Sitting in the congregation, I stared at the slideshow depicting precious pictures of the brief 4 years of Susana Whittaker’s life. What a doll! Tears once again welled up in my eyes, but I quickly worked to suppress them. “Not today!” I thought to myself. “I’m celebrating today!” Instead, I turned my gaze to my…
Good evening bloggy friends! I’ve missed you all so much and really miss my daily blog posting. The 40-day journey we traveled together was incredible, and I plan to do it again in the future. However…yes, there’s a little “however” tucked away in here…I needed a little bit of a break. And, as you probably…
Hi friends! Just a quick update for those of you that don’t connect with me on Facebook or Twitter. As you know, I’ve been writing off and on about our sweet friends, The Whittaker family. Specifically, their daughter 4-year-old daughter, Susana – with cancer. Susana is now completely healed – in heaven. She went home…
It’s here friends. The end to my 40 days of continuous blogging. It has been such a joy sharing this journey with you. I’m not done blogging. Quite the opposite actually. I’m more determined than ever before to share life with you in this amazing electronic format. However, I can’t commit to an everyday post…
A few weeks before marrying my best friend on August 9, 2008, a dear friend of mine gave me a piece of advice that she had heard from someone else, “Don’t just celebrate your anniversary once a year. Celebrate it every month on the day you married.” In other words, for us, we would celebrate…
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