15 months
This week marks 15 months post-brain surgery. What a journey of tears and laughter and courage and faith and exhaustion and most of all, of people and God loving us and carrying us through the hard....
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annesley turns 14!
Happy 14th to Annesley! Such a fun day with presents this morning, then I was able to take Esther and Annes to lunch and ice skating. Then we got home to a big surprise – my mama showed up and totally...
View Articlestories are light
December 6, 2019 marks a day we made a huge leap of faith and put our trust in God with everything we had. The end result of the decisions that day were not at all what we expected. We have sobbed and...
View Articlea little love note
Big tears running down my cheeks. Today I was in a very long line. The group behind me was a mama and her 18 month old. When I turned around I let out a little gasp. She reminded me so much of Stella,...
View Articlesecret santa
Many years ago we were adopted by a Secret Santa. Every Christmas Eve for the past 10ish years, Christmas presents have been left on our doorstep. We are deeply grateful to whomever has done this for...
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not just rocks
See this bag of rocks? Tears at opening them today. During 2020, I gathered rocks. I kept seeing heart-shaped rocks on my walks and kayak trips and would pick them up. My family kind of chuckled at...
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Today Richard spoke in church. It was beautiful. His testimony of the Savior, Jesus Christ, is tender and vibrant and humble and powerful. It was also incredibly challenging for him. To be standing in...
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another clear scan
My mama means so much to me. September 30, 2020 she was diagnosed with high-grade (very fast growing) bladder cancer. The tumor was removed, chemo placed on the tumor site for an hour, then flushed...
View Articlejanuary 8
January 8, 2020 is the day Richard was diagnosed with a brain tumor. It’s been two years since that hard, heavy day and today he went fishing on the Snake with Fisher and caught six fish! What a way...
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zorgamazoo
This has long been Keziah’s favorite book. I’ve never read it. She checked it out over and over and over again from the library. And read it over and over and over again. But somehow, I never did....
View Articlecliff devries
Oh, my goodness, this man, Cliff Devries, continues to inspire me. I’ve shared videos of him before, but this is the best one yet. Give yourself a gift and watch this year’s birthday dive and really...
View Articlesometimes there is silence
Our theme in church today was Trusting in the Lord’s Timing. One of the speakers said something along the lines of, “Sometimes when the answer is not yet or no, that answer comes with silence.” Boy...
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two years after carl
Two years ago today, we were at the University of Utah hospital having Carl the Schwannoma evicted. What a day that was and what a journey since. We felt so wrapped up in your love that day and in the...
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general conference for annes
General Conference is so dear to my heart. I love giving myself the gift of taking two days off from this world and spending time listening to the leaders of my church share messages of hope, love,...
View Articleno sourdough for us!
Ummmmmmm. Me: Richard, where is the jar of sourdough start? Richard: What??? Oh man, is that what that was? I thought it was old smoothie rotting away in a jar. Me: WHAT!!! Where is it? Richard: Down...
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in jesus’ arms
Banner day. And crying day. Both the days at the same time and in the same moment. The banner day is that I walked into church for the first time today since April 5th! And then I walked to the chapel...
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everybody nose
Annesley is Zinnia, the Fairy Queen, and is a pro at putting the pompous prince in his place in the iFamily play, Everybody Nose. Oh my, it is hilarious! I love seeing her shine on stage! In 2009,...
View Articleloose-goosey ankles
I screamed “NOOOOOOOOO” on the way down. Today I fell. Rolled my OTHER ankle and face-planted into the lobby at gym. I think I’ll be okay. But right now I’m hurting. It’s been over 6 hours since I...
View Articletagalog hope
Elder Ward: I think eventually I’m going to love the language, but it’s going to be a lot of work to get there. Right now I’m still totally lost. Me: (gasping for air before the shock takes over) Tell...
View Articletwo weeks of walking
I’ve been walking full-time for about 2 weeks now…minus the 4 days I spent in a wheelchair after I fell and rolled the other ankle on the 27th. Last week I was having these kinds of thoughts. “I’m...
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