I know, I should be sleeping. Sleep when the baby sleeps. Yeah yeah. I’ve got thoughts running through my head that must be sorted through. So here I go. A couple of nights ago, I was done. I mean, not really but it felt like it. It felt like confusion frustration and helplessness had gotten…
life
The Right to Breathe
Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. (Genesis 2:7 NIV) I believe we’ve all been given the right to breathe ever since God breathed into Adam. But we’ve disrespected the work of the…
#ferguson. Scattered thoughts. Part 2.
(I don’t pretend to have clear answers to all this mess. But I know there are things I can do and one of those things is write. I pray for wisdom to discover the others.) I was probably 19 when a group of us college kids got together, came up with a strategy and presented…
the unfair
I’m laying in bed with my daughter asleep on my chest. Well, I’m not really laying. I’m in some this-will-hurt-badly-later position that resembles laying. Anyway, I can’t help but think of my friend whose little boy is fighting to live at 24 weeks old. This world is a mess. I get to spoil my daughter…
my current situation
We quickly and quietly hunker down for the night after she’s asleep. Well, it’s not yet “for the night” but more like “for the 2 to 3 hour segments she’ll bless us with.” We bring up people and situations to pray for, all in hushed tones, and then we pray. And I’ve honestly asked God…
Ella
It’s crazy. You’d think that after nine intimate months you’d be able to say you know someone. And then the doctor presses down hard on your stomach, pulls carefully yet powerfully and she appears. You knew she’d be a big baby but not this big. You knew she’d have hair but not jet black. You…
Truth Telling
I’m so happy. Today is my last day of Heparin. Filling a syringe and then injecting it is annoying. Lovenox is so much simpler. These aren’t words I ever thought I’d say. I almost cried the first few times I injected Lovenox into my stomach fat. Now I’m a prescription drug shooting pro with anticoagulant…