On this Sanctity of Life Sunday I asked God why!**Disclaimer**Don't do this at home! Asking God why won't change his will nor his glory. I only ventured to do so for the sake of this blog post!"God, why are women who don't value life, getting pregnant and aborting children?"If only these women could walk a day in the shoes of a woman struggling with infertility, oh how I … [Read more...]

Cue laughter to keep from pulling my hair out!Our homestudy was submitted to the agencies committee this Wednesday (for the second time...long story). I emailed our social worker yesterday morning to see if she had heard whether we passed...this time! She said she hadn't heard but should know something by the end of the day, or at the latest, by today.Guess what!? I haven't … [Read more...]

This was sent to me this morning from an awesome friend.She said she was reading out of her Spurgeon devotional last night and he was using 1 Kings 18: 43."And he said to his servant, "Go up now, look toward the sea." And he went up and looked and said, "There is nothing." And he said, "Go again," seven times."The devotional that followed is below:"Although you may have pleaded … [Read more...]

That week in August 2002 was one that changed my view on life, forever. I spent that week in the hospital, had one more surgery to insert a port, started chemo, and lost almost 15 pounds. I went home and did all of my chemo (4 months worth) outpatient...those weeks were hard. I lost all of my hair, couldn't go to school, and wandered in the beginning of December if I'd be … [Read more...]