Posted in praise, tagged Bible, christian walk, Harry Potter, Martin, praise, prayer, sorting hat, temper on August 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If there was a real Sorting Hat, it would have had to put me in Slytherin this weekend.
I was not a very nice person to be around from Friday to Sunday.
I was terminally irritated, slightly snarky and not very tolerant.
this makes for a not-very-fun-to-be-around Deirdre.
What made it particularly frustrating was that I KNEW I was [...]
Posted in family, praise, tagged Ginny, God, Mel, praise on August 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I just got an email from Mel. At her sonogram today the doctor’s said everything was great and estimate Ginny’s weight at 4 pounds!
This is great news.
Also Mel & Steve are both doing great. Steve is enjoying his job and Mel is enjoying school. There is even the possibility of her getting a scholarship to [...]
Posted in praise, work, tagged award, blog, Martin, Missy, praise on August 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
When I walked into work this morning my co-workers took one look at me and started nudging each other and giggling.
“what?” I asked, slightly annoyed. I’m thinking my shirt is on inside out or my nose has turned green or some horrific fashion emergency has happened.
“what happened to you this morning?” they ask with [...]
Posted in praise, tagged Ginny, Mel, praise, prayer on August 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Mel is resting at home. I would say she is resting comfortably, but that’s not quite accurate.
The contractions have slowed WAY down. We think they may have been caused by a stressful situation a few days ago. Once the situation was dealt with, and things calmed down, the contractions eased.
Which is great [...]
Posted in family, infertility, praise, tagged anniversary, Martin, praise, wedding on July 30, 2008 | 8 Comments »
To My Martin,
Happy third wedding anniversary. three years ago today we were doing this:
and this:
and this:
These three years have been crazy. Lots of family emergencies. Seemingly endless commutes to and from work, endless piles of laundry, the constant battle to have children. We’ve buried your dad, your aunt and your dog Toni as [...]
Posted in choir, praise, tagged choir, christian walk, God, lullabye, praise, prayer, songs on July 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
But now this is what the LORD says, He who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, [...]
Posted in family, praise, tagged adoption, faith, God, gratitude, praise on July 14, 2008 | 24 Comments »
Like this weekend for instance.
Ya’ll all know that we had an adoption match that “went south”
The birth-parents went AWOL, we found out the extended family didn’t support the adoption, all kinds of stuff happened to ensure that the match was one that we would walk away from.
But through all that happened last weekend we came [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, praise, Texas on July 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
like a lot of large extended families, our tends to gather together only at funerals.
two weekends ago we experienced this yet again when Martin’s Aunt Charlotte died. Martin saw people he hasn’t seen in 9 or more years and I meet family members that I had never seen before. It’s not that these [...]
Posted in praise, tagged Beth Moore, christian walk, God, gratitutde, heaven, praise on June 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
in person!!!!!
and ya’ll this isn’t going to be a rushed run-into-each-other-at-a-conference-and-hug-each-other’s-necks type meeting
I’m gonna get to sit down with her, kick off my shoes, curl my feet up under me and TALK. (and listen) for. DAYS!
I am just so lucky I can hardly stand it ya’ll. It’s just gonna be so much fun!
of [...]
Posted in choir, infertility, praise, tagged adoption, choir, praise on May 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I had a “screaming fans” moment last night and for once in my life it wasn’t me screaming about some star.
It was the choir screaming for joy when Martin announced during the praise and prayer time that
“We are having a baby!”
And the whole place went absolutely WILD. Normally staid adults screamed, jumped up and down [...]
