Joy and pain. Sorrow and smiles. It all just collides like a big messy storm. They used to run separately and we could clearly define the difference between the two. Now they're a simultaneous emotion that can't be untangled. We can't feel joy without sorrow. Yet, we can't feel sorrow without being reminded of overflowing... Continue Reading →
The first anniversary: on Holding Tightly to Each Other and to HOPE in the Depths of Sorrow…
We made it through.... only by the grace and strength of God, by the lifeline of the prayers of many, we made it through the most brutal weeks of our lives.  As a family we carried each other forward, while letting God carry all our broken hearts.... while always carrying our baby.... limping forward together,... Continue Reading →
living in Saturday…..
I feel like we live in a forever Saturday.... The space between Dark Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Wailing at the grave, shaking my fist at heaven, aching to hold my baby....cursing death, Satan and this broken world....waiting...waiting for the promise, the rescue, the Reunion....the coming down of HEAVEN. Waiting for All Things New. Groaning...and... Continue Reading →
The Eternal Perspective: Holding Joy and Sorrow Together (The Miracles of Life Part 5)
Everyday, in the midst of sorrow....we pray for eyes to SEE from an ETERNAL perspective. We pray for Eyes to see truth in the midst of pain and ache. We pray for eyes to see TRUTH in the face of a broken world .... We pray for this TRUTH to propel us forward into the... Continue Reading →
My Night Song
I am exhausted from crying for help; Â Â Â Â my throat is parched. My eyes are swollen with weeping, Â Â Â Â waiting for my God to help me. Psalm 69:3 I hate that it will be one year soon. Â Â The night closes in like never before. The depths of darkness threaten to swallow us whole this week. The... Continue Reading →
His Goodness Pursues Us (Miracles of life part 4)
**Click here to buy a shirt to bring LIGHT!** Honestly, we struggled with when we would be finally sharing this sacred story. A story that is continually unfolding before our eyes. A story of Sorrow and pain intersecting with Hope and Love and Light. We have held it closely within the secret places of ... Continue Reading →
Into the Light! (Miracles of Life part 3)
We have a very special Tshirt fundraiser to help our family bring home our newest treasure who is waiting for us in China. ....introducing our new Miracle of LIFE! Look closely, You can see the Gia rainbow flare.... Gianna is so excited to be a big sissy, always reflecting Gods glorious bold LIGHT even from... Continue Reading →
Ten months.
10 months. 10 months is too long to go without your cuddles and kisses. Every day the ache is wider and the pain is heavier and the sorrow is deeper. Yet every day the HOPE grows too. Every day is a day closer to holding you again. Gianna Lilyfaith, it's been 10 months of "broken"... Continue Reading →
Miracles of LIFE (part 1): Seeing TRUTH in the darkness
We had a few warm days this past week and it was just so incredibly amazing to get a break from the icy temps and bust outside without winter coats and without shivering our butts off and just relax on the deck together! It gave us all such a craving for Spring to come SOON........ Continue Reading →
Treasures out in the deep: Miracles of Life (part 2)
One of our favorite family places is the ocean. And....Anytime we ever visited the ocean, my Gianna was a bit reluctant to go too close to the waters of the ocean, even when holding our hands or letting us carry her..... she wanted to stay back on the dry sand where she felt safe and... Continue Reading →