Testing Patience

Tweet Today was a day that God used to strengthen me. To stretch me. To test my patience and my willingness to lean on Him. You see, Noah is my little wild child. God knows I love him, but he tests and pushes his limits every.single.day. Just when I thought he couldn’t push me any [...]

Life As We Know It

Tweet What happens when a young couple dies and leaves their one-year-old to their two best friends…who aren’t married and don’t like each other? Massive tension is what happens. That’s the premise of the movie Life As We Know It. Here’s what you need to know… despite the morbidity of the parents dying (which isn’t [...]

I Know

Tweet I have a new life growing inside of my womb. A precious baby to be added to our gaggle of children. Soon-to-be-seven children for whom I am responsible. To teach. To train. To guide. To love. To nurture. AND I’m tired. I’m overwhelmed. BUT I know that God has a perfect plan. I know [...]

There is hope for me yet!

Tweet Tonight, while Daddy was snowboarding with our twins (yes, on in to the dark), I decided that I needed some air. Of course I had to bring my youngest four along on my quest for this new air, but I HAD to get out of the house. So, I did what any insane mom [...]

My Big Family

Tweet Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man, so are children of the youth. Happy is the man whose quiver is full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the [...]

The day CPS came a’knockin’

Tweet UPDATE 11/30/09 :: Ray received a call from Ms. CPS this afternoon. She had not a single question for him except to be sure he knew of the report and her visit earlier this month. He was informed that the case has officially been closed. Praise God! UPDATE 2/16/10 :: We have discovered that [...]