reunions and homecomings
Yesterday Grace gave a homecoming talk at church to wrap up her mission experience. I sat there in the audience and beamed up at that girl. Marveling at how she…
a very happy reunion with our missionary Grace Jam
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…
Grace’s last missionary email
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…
Missionary Monday — my missionary is coming HOME!
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.”…
some pieces of my heart joining up in Texas
When Max and Abby realized that they were going to be in the VERY SAME CITY as Grace at Christmastime, they got permission to go see that sister of theirs….
missionary monday
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…
a birthday, a move, and growing roots
(Missionary Monday on a Thursday :)) My favorite sister missionary had a birthday over the weekend. Just look at that little light-glowing girl over in Austin! I haven’t done an…
Missionary Monday
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…
iced over in Texas (Missionary Monday)
…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…