Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; then you will find rest for your souls. ~ Jeremiah 6:16
November is almost over, and while we have enjoyed the down time from therapy we still have barely scratched the surface of all the things that need doing around here. That said we have been busy. I am another year older, perhaps not wiser. At 37 I made a list of 37 things I wanted [...]
I think most North Americans are somewhat familiar with Groundhog Day. On February 2 nd we await to see if the little guy will peek out of his hole and see his shadow. Supposedly, if he sees his shadow then it is six more weeks of winter, and if he doesn’t then we will [...]
I am always crafting something and recently I crocheted this bunny for Hannah. I found her pattern for free on Raverly, you can find the pattern here. I chose to go with a slightly heavier yarn than it suggested. Only because I really loved the feel of it. It was an alpaca wool blend, [...]
You know there is always two ways to look at something, and sometimes even more than two. Last night as I tucked Joel in to bed he looked at me and said, “I can’t wait for tomorrow!” “Oh why’s that?” I asked “Cuz I get my Easy Pod!” I always try to prep him the [...]
Today is 3 years from Joel’s brain surgery. I remember thinking, all we have to do is make it through this surgery and everything will be fine. 11 hours later the surgery was over, but when I walked into the ICU to see Joel I was hit that everything was not going to be just [...]
When we are blessed with a child we feel overwhelmed with the task that lays ahead of us. We have this new precious blank slate with which to write on. How wonderful, and intimidating at the same time. I think of all the things I need to teach my children before they grow up [...]
I am so late writing about Joel’s birthday, it was on the 14th of this month. We were late getting in on the 14th that I decided to write about it the next day. Unfortunately, the next day we were hit with the news that one of Joel’s fellow cancer fighters was not doing so [...]
It is very easy for me to sit here and tell you what God has done in my life. I think just about any parent whose child has walked away from brain cancer could write a book about what God has done in their life, and maybe one day I will write a book. But [...]
I have like many been enjoying Pinterest, the other day I found this quote and while I would love to give credit where credit is due, I was unable to trace it back to where it originated. If any one knows please enlighten me. I was really struck by this. Do you need to have [...]
Of late I have been wrestling with my emotions. It seems to be an on again off again pastime of mine. We all have our ‘ups’ and ‘downs’ as we journey through life. In this wrestling match if I was at the edge of a ‘down’ I might just topple over, and if I was [...]
Wednesday at sunset Purim begins, a few years ago the children and I studied Purim and have enjoyed practising some of the Purim traditions ever since. One of our favourite parts is making Hamantaschen (Haman’s Hat). These little cookies we found could be filled with a variety of yummy centres. Our favourites are strawberry or raspberry jam and brownie filling, [...]
Well I am wrapping this one up and if all goes well it will still be Monday when this post goes up… I know, I know, will little wonders never cease. Just after I posted about how I would post this wrap up, our house was hit with illness once again. I came down with [...]
I cried today… We were in the car driving to Joel’s therapy session when he was talking about, when he grows up. He was telling us that the job he wants is to drive a big truck that would bring food and toys to kids that don’t have any. Then he talked about his son [...]
