Many years ago we started celebrating Advent to usher in the Christmas holiday season and help focus our hearts on the things that matter most: Jesus, family, love, others, and quality time, to name a handful. For the past few years, I’ve failed miserably: both at being prepared for Advent to begin, and in doing a good job of *celebrating* Advent with my kids. We’ve let some traditions and things …
100 Fall-Ish Things For a Fall Study
100 Things For a Fall Study Fall is my favorite season. I love the weather, the colors, the smells.. the excitement in the air as it ushers in the holiday season. =) In Texas it just doesn’t last nearly long enough, so I take what I can get. This year I’ve been looking forward to Fall and the holiday season even more than usual. I’ve been looking forward to a …
Miscarriage, Grieving, and Back to School
Somewhere in the middle of June, a little life began to grow, and for the next eight weeks or so that child was mine to hold and carry. On August 23rd, at eleven and a half weeks along, only hours after our first doctor appointment, we had to make an emergency trip the hospital. We had lost our little baby to miscarriage, and I was hemorrhaging badly. It’s surreal how …