BBS (Bardet-Biedl Syndrome) is a genetic “rare disease” that affects approximately 1 in 250,000 people around the world. It causes all kinds of things to go haywire in the body, including kidney failure, heart problems, obesity, polydactyly (extra digits), and retinal degeneration (blindness). My brave, beautiful, stubborn, strong daughter is one …
I am trying to get my act together around here because i have so much to say, but for today, let’s talk about this little very nifty kitchen gadget I inherited from a friend: You guys! It is a miracle worker! And a game-changer. I have only used it for…
In a discussion with some neighbors the other day we somehow got talking about miracles. We talked about how sometimes we have to recognize the miracles. We have to be looking for them or they may slip by unnoticed. And those miracles may come in a different form than we…
I’ve been a little heavily focused on sisters around here lately with the sisters podcast (we just finished our online podcast launch party and it was so fun to be engaged with an awesome group of women, thank you for coming if you were part of that group!! We wish…
I remember going to a board meeting for primary years ago. I had been a part of that organization for a while and I was feeling a little lost. But when they gathered everyone who served in primary for a board meeting, I remember sitting there realizing, suddenly, that I…
We are so grateful for the incredible response we had yesterday with the grand LAUNCH of our sisters podcast. Whoa, first hurdle over. Thank you for joining us (and being patient with us) as we sort this whole journey out and shape it into what we want it to be.…
HOORAY!!! The day is finally here!! The day we’ve been working toward to launch our first three podcast episodes. A Sisters Podcast on Growing Up Eyre I announced we were going to do this clear back in APRIL (back HERE), and as I mentioned later (HERE), it’s taken a lot…
We filled this last weekend up with all sorts of things. Since the weather dipped from 110 to a mere 95 (or something like that), we decided to take these guys on a bike/scooter ride to breakfast. It was one of those days where the sky is blue and the…
This is “PERU part 2.” “Part 1” is back HERE, and the intro to all this hoopla is back HERE. And I know I should break these up into smaller posts, but I want to keep all these memories as close together as possible, so brace yourself for LOTS of…