Category Archives: Aftermath

Learning to Love as Five || Lulu’s first year Home

Hello!  [blows five inches of dust off blog] If anyone is still out there…Hope you are well. Between Instagram, facebook, and that whole parenting thing, my days of blogging appear to be numbered. I did want to make sure to mark in time a great milestone for our family as we celebrate one year home with Lulu...

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Revisiting Derailment

Back before I really started using this blog as my main source of sharing bits of writing, I published this post on my photography blog. Yesterday, it came back to memory during a Bible study on Colossians I have been taking part in. We were covering the well-known verses in chapter 3 on marriage, parenting, and submission...

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Home for Christmas

The word “Home” has taken on such deep meaning these past few years. Tonight, it resonates particularly as we celebrate a Redeemer, a King, who came as a child to make His home here among us; combined with the victory of our Lulu being home with us this Christmas. We may be weary and worn,...

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With Thanksgiving, one year later

One year ago Rob and I were spending Thanksgiving on the other side of the globe in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – laying eyes and love on our baby girl for the first time. At this point last year we had already been through quite a long road, and still we had no idea what laid...

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From our Fall to yours

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