I mentioned in yesterday’s post that it had been a weekend of both loss and celebration for us, but I hadn’t mentioned another loss that we sustained (in addition to the passing of Matt’s grandma)— The loss of my pregnancy. It seems awfully hard that the first news that most of you hear about my …
I won’t deny that 2017 has been a turbulent year for us so far, full of joyous highs and terrifying lows, sometimes within mere hours of each other. This weekend was another such indicator that our lives can have both joy and sorrow simultaneously living side by side, and it’s been a 96-hour period marked …
First, I wanted to thank everyone for the extra prayers and support you have given us after my last post. It’s been a difficult couple of weeks, but it’s looking like (fingers crossed) the worst is behind us. My father-in-law is doing a lot better and will probably be out of the ICU today, and …
I debated whether to write at all, but if I didn’t, I feared the silence would stretch into an endless thin line, a string I could never pick back up again. This is not my story to tell, so it will be sufficient to say that my father-in-law has been in the ICU for almost …
I had a different post planned for tonight, but the thing about tragedy striking is that it’s always unexpected, which is what makes it so difficult to process. About an hour ago, I checked my phone and got the message that a fellow teacher at my school had died during a rock climbing accident while …
It’s true, folks—you can actually, legitimately live and survive without your gallbladder firmly in place, dishing up extra bile to your kidneys (or whatever the heck it does). I’m living proof. It’s been an odd week, though–there have been stitches to get used to, some interesting trips to the bathroom (TMI?), and a lot of …
