Today is the last day of school for this year. My daughter is excited. The end of the school year and a non-uniform day as well. As I thought about today, I reflected where we were a year ago. We had no idea where Miss K would go to school in September. Her special needs were making things a bit complicated. Add to that the school system is something I have not experienced as a parent or even as a…
For 364 days a year my daughter waits with great anticipation. Waiting for that one day. That day when it is her birthday. In January she will say, “it is almost my birthday.” The natural comment to her is, “is your birthday next week?” To which I respond, “No, it is in July but to her, it is almost her birthday.” So for 364 days, we wait with anticipation for the one day that we celebrate. There are reasons to…
I am enjoying the signs of spring — daffodils blooming, lambs in the field, blue skies, and buds on the trees. The days are getting a bit longer. The seasons are changing. I am thankful for the seasons as they remind us of God’s faithfulness. What happened in March? Are you asking yourself that question? Well, let me think and flip back through my planner and my notebook. My word for the year was Connect. Do you remember your word for…
I stood in the kitchen with a spoon in one hand and a container of pasta salad in the other. I was shoveling it in, not because I was hungry but because it was there. No, that was not weeks ago long before thinking deep about self-control. That was just the other day when I was in the middle of writing this. I had no self-control. The Fruit of the Spirit Paul is writing Galatians to believers who were adding…
Can you raise a special needs child overseas? What if the child has Down Syndrome? That was the exact question that we had to answer when our daughter was born. This was not the question, can we move overseas but rather can we remain living overseas. Now 14 years later our daughter has lived overseas longer than she has lived in her passport country. I can’t even say birth country because she was born overseas. When she was born…