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There are a lot of things you don’t know you’ll get with motherhood. I mean, you have a basic idea of the sleepless nights, the beauty of cooing babies, the joy of the first steps taken and the first understandable “mama” from the lips of your own child. But no…

Grace is home. And it’s the best thing in the world. I have more to say about that than I can even grapple with right now, will get to it all soon, but for now this: This last letter of hers was supposed to post this morning and never did,…

Someone wise once said, “Making the decision to have a child — it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” (Elizabeth Stone) And OH! how I feel that! My heart is multiplied walking all over creation it seems these days!…

On September 15th, Grace hit her one year mark of being a missionary. ONE WHOLE YEAR!! In fact, almost 13 months now! (But who’s counting?…ha!) In some ways it feels like she’s been gone forever and ever, and in some ways (thanks to FaceTime each week) it feels like we’ve…

It’s so funny to think about how much anticipation we built up to talk to Max while he was out there on his mission. We based so much around those two calls we got per YEAR: the internet connections, the timing, how to set up the screen so everyone could…

…That’s where my missionary is. Sending out lots of prayers for people in Texas! Here are some pictures from her letter last week before things got so much worse…back when they were just in awe of all that ice covering everything: Loved seeing her all cozy in her apartment. But…

Welp, Grace has gone from her home MTC (missionary training center) days here at home to Austin, Texas, where she is on a steep learning curve but happy as can be. It is so strange to have her gone but it’s so good to know she is tucked safely into…

It is a beautiful thing for a mother to watch her child make big decisions. Especially when you get to observe them claim light and guidance from Above in the process. And recently Grace has made a pretty huge one. Well, I shouldn’t say “recently,” because this has been a…

Max starts work TODAY.  Up in Provo. The sun has set on a grand adventure with this returned missionary of ours and I’m so melancholy about that, but also just so grateful. Coming home from serving for two years in a foreign country, completely focused on serving others and teaching…

Max and I have spent some good time together since he got home just organizing his things.  Getting rid of the things still lingering from two years ago that he doesn’t need, acquiring some that he will need in Utah, and just getting life situated.   Part of that deal has…