My heart ached for a third child for so many years. I never quite gave up hope but there were so many years of tears, prayers, arguing and counseling to get us to this day 8 years ago. I knew you were meant to be in our family and so I never gave up. How sweet of God to bring…
Author: Amethyst
Good Mom/Bad Mom?
The weeks leading up to Charlotte’s Birthday I was getting really frustrated with her inability/unwillingness to keep her room clean. She is a total pack rat and has so much stuff in her little room. Everyday I would nag her to get it cleaned. Everyday it would still be messy. I offered incentives. I gave consequences. Nothing was working. So,…
Sexual Relationships
When you are 23 and you get news that will change your life forever and then you hear a still small voice in your heart telling you that one day you will tell others the story of what you are going through at that very moment…..you never forget it. In the past couple years God has been opening up more…
Church of India
I met Rachel this morning after presenting to her Indian Church in San Jose. I shared with them about the difficult job of raising kids in the digital age. Interestingly, this community has it even harder than many of us because none of those parents were born in America. They have come to this country, trying to maintain their culture…
So it’s Siblings Day…..
My first thought when I think of siblings are these three. Blessed beyond measure to have each other, whether they realize it or not. Today we were all home together for the first time in 10 days. It felt good and it felt right. I heard from the living room, “Mom, he’s sitting on my head!” “She took my spot!”…
Senior Chapel
Excuse the tears and nostalgia over the next couple weeks. My oldest is preparing to leave the nest and that is just plain surreal. Three years ago we visited Berean Christian High School to see if it would be a better fit for Hailey. The public school was just not the right fit for her. However, private high school was…
Hailey’s last horse lesson
So remember I told you to excuse my nostalgia? Well, it might be coming out in full force this week before Hailey leaves for the summer. From ages 6-9 Hailey rode western and loved it; and then on a fluke, she changed over to English when she turned 9. Enter, David Acord, the best trainer ever. Today was Hailey’s last…
Can I be real here?
No one ever posts about the reality of the college application process. I see lots of admission letter posts and celebrations, which is awesome, but never a post about the struggle. The college application process was BRUTAL for us. Not fun. Not one bit. While I was so thrilled to share that all of Hailey’s blood, sweat and tears in…