Carley was intimidating on paper. She was part of the studly class of swimmers I came in with at the University of Arizona. I thoroughly stalked each of my fellow incoming freshman. I remember my dad getting in on the excitement– “This girl from Colorado is top 16 in every event!” Top 16 in the …
My mom underwent a routine hysterectomy on October 18, 2016. As far as I knew, it went well. Skylar’s due date was November 25, but I knew that was way off, so I told my folks to plan on driving westward around November 20. But Sky came into the world like a freight train on Wednesday, November …
On January 9, Skylar turned two months old. I laid her down on the faux sheepskin rug in the nursery (that room we’ve yet to use for sleepy time..) to snap that perfect monthly photo. As soon as she parted ways from my chest, her face crinkled up into that devastatingly-cute cry face. The pouty …
I just took the fur babies on a long walk and listened to a Timothy Keller sermon on “spiritual warfare” (download fo’ free here). Matt and I actually listened to it a few months ago, but it was a good one for me to hear again. Before delving in the subject of “the devil”, Keller poses …