ACTS 4:32-35 32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all 34 that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, …

Bucket lists stress me out. I’m much better with the random. I bought a cello once on Ebay. I don’t play the cello. I bought a hundred dollars worth of oil pants and canvases and an easel. I can’t paint. But it was all in the name of fun and experimentation and forgetting the “rules.” So forget the spring bucket list and check out some of these random days to get silly in the spring …

Yesterday I had the honor of being featured on Liz Shaw’s website, Bumps to Baby. I talk a lot on here about life AFTER babies. About Charlie and special needs and twins and grace and prayer and stress and tears and laughs and all the other things that go along with motherhood. I think I have a touch of PTSD from our infertility struggles. It was SO hard for SO long and there were so …

Things have been heavier over here on the blog, so how about a little fun? I miss the 80s. The scrunchies. The off-the shoulder sweatshirts. The cartoons that weren’t in 3D and didn’t stop to talk to you. And I miss Patrick Swayze…the Swayze of Dirty Dancing in his tight black t-shirts and jeans. It only took ten minutes of a re-run on cable last week to get me completely dissatisfied with life. It also …

We all know diversity is a good thing. We all know it’s a fight worth the undertaking to expose our children to different religions, races, disabilities, thinkers. What would the world be if Pollock tried to paint like Renoir? Or if school only taught science? Or every kid spoke the same language? Unfortunately, it’s getting harder to fight the good fight. So if you’re a parent out there in the midst of it, here’s a …

I haven’t talked much about the “how” part of how we got Charlie and the twins. Most people don’t quite understand all that goes in to IVF…the science or the physical, emotional and spiritual tolls. I know I didn’t. We were knee deep in it before we realized the kind of decisions we’d be called to make. For most people, “when to have the last baby” is relatively straightforward. You waver, for sure, and you …

GENESIS 29:16-18 16 Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel had a lovely figure and was beautiful. 18 Jacob was in love with Rachel and said, “I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel.” GENESIS 29:22-25 22 So Laban brought together all the people of the place and gave a feast. …

This happened. It shouldn’t have. But it did. As the parent of a special needs child, you brace yourself for the bullying. Difference draws attention and not all of that attention is positive. But I did not expect it at the grocery store with my son and from another mother. I did not handle it well. I did not advocate as I should have. Shock can throw you off your game. But I’m sharing now …

It’s true. I’m an addict. I’m a streaming Hulu “This is Us” addict and I don’t care. And it’s not just because I’m a mom of multiples. It’s SO MUCH MORE than that. I’ve got a theory about the “This is Us” paradox and I’m thinking out loud about it on Her View From Home.   Save Save Save

Last week I collectively spent three hours on the phone with the office of Charlie’s geneticist. It was over the space of four phone calls with an average hold time of twenty minutes each. This gave me plenty of time to think. It was a snafu on their part that caused the time suckage. Someone on their end forgot to schedule the quarterly ultrasounds. Therefore, we had an appointment with the doctor…and nothing to talk …