Hi friends, meet our newest family member Oliver! He is a little rescue puppy who is primarily Blue Heeler with the sweetest eyes, the funniest floppy ears, and a HUGE heart. We welcomed him home with us mid-June and just like that Shannon and I’s little girl gang expanded by one little boy with four … More Meet Oliver!
It has been a year since I started this project with the first letter. I have thought about it over and over again – do I keep going? Is this a story you will want to hear? Is it a story I should even tell? I have I had sitting in drafts since the spring letter #2 and I have never hit publish. But here we are – a year to the day and I still feel strongly about writing it. … More Dear Shannon Letter 2
This week Shannon and I join my family and head to Chicago for my brother’s wedding. This special day has been in the works since 2019 and it is really exciting that we will finally be able to celebrate. Our family’s original travel plans were made in the fall of 2019 while Danny and I … More Life Blows Us to The Windy City
In this moment I am looking forward and feeling positive about what this 37th year may hold, even if I have no idea! Getting to this point has been the result of three distinct messages. … More Thirty-Seven
Happy 2nd Birthday my sweet girl! Today as you turn two and tomorrow we celebrate the year anniversary of your Baptism into our beautiful faith, it is safe to say I am spending a lot of time traveling down memory lane. As I walk that road, I have wondered what message I want to save … More Happy 2nd Birthday Shannon!
When Danny and I started our journey to kids the original route was adoption. My daydreaming was consumed with a girl that could sing. I think it was the way my mind and heart were processing the idea that a non-genetic connection could produce a whole new set of talents to our family. Then when … More Shannon Sings
My relationship with COVID has been complicated from the start. January 2020: Pouring my 7 month pregnant self into an Uber at John’s Hopkins to go back to my hotel (where I was living while my husband lived {if you can call it that} in the hospital), while dragging a new work bag with wheels … More My Tango with COVID
Dear Shannon, this story starts when I am very young and learn the power of possibility. … More Dear Shannon Letter 1
For this Faith Finding I am learning how we are supposed to TRUST God: His answers, His timing, His will… not try to TAME him with our own plans. … More Faith Finding: God is to be Trusted Not Tamed
We are moving and facing a lot of truth …. Today processing a little of that on the blog. … More The Day I Stopped Swimming
Have A Little Faith in We 