Since Father’s Day is this Sunday, I thought I’d share some frequent phrases that our Dad has said through the years. They aren’t all profound, but they have all been frequent. And they aren’t empty words either–he lives them. So in case...
Today is his first birthday. I won’t be sharing any cake with him. At the most, my daughter will forward a picture of him that she’ll receive from his mom and dad–his adoptive family. The day he was born is probably the only birthday I’ll share with him because...
Twenty-eight years ago today Gary and I said “I do” to love and life together. Since that day we’ve added four kids, and a few dogs, birds, turtles and gerbils–that’s what I get for marrying a veterinarian. This fall, though, we’ll be back to...
Within a week we’ll be sending three of our boys in different directions for the summer. Two will go “woofing” in Wyoming and the other will go to Stellenbosch, South Africa for a sports ministry internship. No, I didn’t misspell roofing, it’s “woofing” – world wide...
I looked back in my journals and found an entry from about 20 years ago. At that time we had four kids under the age of six while we lived in Venezuela. I was barely surviving one day at a time. Since Mother’s Day is approaching, I thought I’d share the...
This week was the end of the soccer season for our youngest son. We finished his year with a road trip east and another one to the west, so I had an idea. “Let’s make it our victory lap.” Our family has been circling on a huge racetrack encompassing West Texas with...
