Category: The Library
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The Pulled Rug
It has happened again. The rug. Pulled out from under our feet and we are upended. Reeling. Sad. Clinging. I saw the doctor to finally get answers about the kidney stone, aptly named Stanley by a friend of ours. The good news, Stanley is gone. No. more. stone! However… they see more on the ultrasound…
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Protection
A repost from years ago, because I need the daily reminder that He is with us: The children love to climb the ladder to our attic and explore. I needed a few things so I asked for their help, happy to incude them in our daily tasks. The boys were up top grabbing the items…
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This Beautiful Ache
It’s days like these that make me ache. I ache with the sweetness of a simple day, curled up with my Brian for the morning together, tinkering around the house and running errands “just us” before the children come home. It makes me realize how much I am looking forward to his retirement and us…
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When the Waiting Feels Too Long
Just a brief update, because I’ve had a couple of you ask: No. The stone has not passed. It’s just hanging out, occasionally causing pain but sometimes I forget that it’s there. Sometimes. The other times, it hurts. A lot. I have an appointment the end of this month with the doctor. They will x-ray…
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A Different Kind of “Labor”
The last post I wrote was a month ago, an update on our trip to Tennessee and the beauty in the midst of the ache. I have spent the last month working through the ache, dealing with crazy side effects and anxiety from medications (and weaning off of them), learning the ropes of life as…
A Spring of Joy 