Recently I saw this quote on Instagram that said “In motherhood we are raising the one thing we can’t live without to be able to live without us.” And it hit me. Because I have all the feelings with Lucy graduating soon. Gosh! I have always thought that because of Lucy’s special needs it would…
Lucy begged her way into having us join MCO (her choir) for the New England Tour this summer. And boy, there’s a lot to say about that. Her determination and love of this choir is pretty special to see I think. It was one jam-packed and also unforgettable week. Grace joined me and Lu, and…
Welp, Lucy just got through with SIX amazing MCO performances. Yep, Lu together with all these thousands of others singing and playing their hearts out with moving music that moved all six different audiences to standing ovations. That is an incredible group I tell you! I got to watch the first performance of them all…
Last spring we were looking for something special for Lucy to get involved in. She had piano which she loved, (and an amazing teacher who was willing to write out the music large-scale so she could excel), but she longed to be more involved in things bigger than her little world here at home. Around…
First of all, thank you for all the love yesterday. I am still working on replying to all that comfort and buoying goodness in the comments, I am so grateful for this beautiful community in this corner of the internet. There is something so comforting about being “linked” to other mothers, many who are facing…
I am looking through pictures from all these December days and feel so overwhelmed with gratitude for all these people I got to be with: a cocoon of so much love. And sometimes feistiness. And tears and service and learning. And a WHOLE lot of cleaning and cooking and bleary-eyed staying up way too late….
Grace had the opportunity to spend two and a half weeks in Portugal this month. She was absolutely glowing on FaceTime every time we talked. The adrenaline of living life to the fullest pumping through her on this trip she and her roommates had worked tirelessly to plan. On one of her calls we got…
I mentioned yesterday with all the graduation prep hoopla that we had to kind of cajole Lucy into a graduation party. She was not about to sit in the “hot seat” in front of the extended family for us to spotlight her like we’ve done per tradition with all our other kids. Which is completely…
For all those moms waiting for their missionaries to return, or waiting anxiously for any long separation to come to an end, I’m here to buoy you up. Because kids come back! And as much as you will always and forever miss the “little thems,” the “bigger thems” are pretty incredible. (Still, you moms with…