Montana Healing

July 16, 2015 Bible study post

My husband and I are going to Montana today. My grandparents are ailing and my sweet grandma is on hospice with dementia. Nothing is imminent, everything has been painfully slow. I had booked this trip earlier, planning to bring Libby with me. Now, instead, I'm going to go and bring my sweet Grandma Libby's photos and tell her to go home and be with my girl. I'm dreading it. My heart breaks just thinking about it. But I feel I need to do it. Please pray for us on this trip. But please pray especially for my kids, Max and Kaia, while we're away. I feel so awful leaving them now, while things are still so raw. They've got wonderful, loving people taking care of them, so that's not the concern. We just never know when the grief will strike them hard. Pray that God will just fill them with peace and comfort through the weekend and that He will give their sweet caregivers the right words and actions as needed. I know this is all so very possible for Him! Your prayers are so appreciated.

The Power of &

August 28, 2015 Facebook post

Two months today since our little girl left us for a place so infinitely better. The sadness is constant, the tears will start spilling without any warning, but we are also doing better than I would have expected us to be doing at this point. We are finding God in the &. When we can feel joy & sadness at the same time, that joy comes from Him. Without Him it truly would be only sadness. It's also because of so many of you who are praying for us. If you ever think your petitions on our behalf are in vain, please know that those prayers are making such a difference in our lives! Our words of thanks are so small in comparison to what we have received, but our hearts are so full of love for each of you who have lifted us up in prayer, brought us meals, blessed our home, or shared your gifts with us. How blessed we are that God ordained to put each of you in our lives, to walk with us on this journey. I hope that someday, in some way we will be able to return these many kindnesses. In the meantime, thank you for showing us so beautifully how to love one another.