a seat for one
I love going school supply shopping. There is something about a new school year and new supplies. They are untouched and unblemished. Fresh. Ready and waiting to be opened and used for the very first time. Blank pages are filled with hope and excitement for the year ahead. Earlier this month, we embarked on the annual trip for Kate’s school supplies. She starts third grade tomorrow (She is growing up too fast, but that’s another post for another day), and it’s a nice, long list we have to fulfill. Last year, I made the mistake and took her a little too late in the summer to avoid the crowds, and everything was picked over. Needless to say, we made the trek a little earlier this year. As we arrived in the store, you couldn’t miss the school supply section. It was...
the devil won’t win
I ran into a friend the other day, and like the start of most conversations, I casually asked her how things were going. Her response surprised me. “The devil has been coming at me this week,” she said. “But I’m not letting him win.” What a powerful statement. I feel like the devil is always knocking on my door. Sometimes it’s a soft “tap tap”. And other times he is banging so hard the door is about fall down. Like two weeks ago… I was at the bookstore alone and left my phone in the car. I was gone for only five or ten minutes, but when I returned there were several missed calls from Eric and Kate’s school. I knew this was not going to end well. Kate was injured on the playground. As the school nurse put it, “she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”...
moving forward
“No one else will ever know the strength of my love for you. After all, you’re the only one who knows what my heart sounds like from the inside.” – Unknown Only six more weeks to go until Baby Reese makes his debut into this world. There are so many emotions racing through my body as the day approaches, and so many decisions to be made. As Eric and I prepare though, it’s different. We’re not preparing in the same way we did when our first child entered the world. We had no idea what to expect with our first. We were clueless as most new parents are. They don’t give you all the details in your birthing classes otherwise I think people would run in the other direction! We were filled with excitement and wonder. And the moment we...
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