“I got a phone call from the Neurologist on Monday that Pat’s* genetic work up came back and we now have a likely cause for his autism: he’s an XXY. He’s intersex. This explains so much,…
Ding. A text lit up my phone as I sat in a bookstore curled up with a devotional book. “Another seizure,” it read. I sighed, heart heavy. I knew what it meant. My friend was rushing…
Dear Weary Woman, I can imagine your sighs and the groanings of your exhausted heart as you scroll through your social media feed. With each swipe of a finger, you’re taking it all in. You’re flooded…
The sun was shining down as I pulled up to the Chick-fil-A drive thru line. We waited in line, because well, let’s be honest, the line at Chick-fil-A always seems to wrap around the building regardless…
41 “And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, 42 saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” 43 And there…
The other day I was outside with my little boy. He had a tight grip on the “flower” he had picked for me- a dandelion. I didn’t have the heart to tell him it was really…
Do you ever try to mask your true self in order to impress those around you? Maybe it’s only occasional, or maybe it’s more frequent. For most of us, myself included, it’s likely the latter. After…
As part of this site, I’ll be posting some throwbacks from my old blog,taking new readers through my journey of raising an extremely premature child. Many of the below questions have been answered, but new questions…
My mom tells a story from when she and my dad were building their first home. The home was in one of those sprawling neighborhoods that could likely have it’s own zip code. Every section, a…
29 For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,” Phillippians 1:29 A little over a week ago, I stood…