Approaching the One Year Anniversary of my Child's Death
I am a planner. I love to plan. It is a strength of mine, one that has served me well through many seasons of life. As the one year...
First Christmas Card without You
I imagine the hurdle of writing our Christmas letter and selecting photos for our Christmas card will forever be a dilemma. How do we acknow
Fragments of a Routine: what remains after the death of a medically fragile child
I have lost my son. I have lost his community. I have lost our routines. I have lost my job and identity. What remains today are fragments.
The Trees Weep with Me
Last week I took a walk in the woods along familiar paths. A place where the content of my walks changed when our friend Isaac passed. I...
Announcing Levi's Life Celebration
We invite you to join us on Sunday, March 12th to celebrate the life and passing of our seven year old son, Levi Shu. This will be a...
Heaven's A Coming...
Dear friends and loved ones, Please take a moment to sit down before you read this. And a take deep breath. There is much I want to say...
Life is Meant to be Enlivening
Enliven = to make someone more cheerful. There have been hundreds of days when Levi has had to stay home while Younger Brother and I went of
Sacred 7th Birthday
He did it. He made it. All the way to his 7th birthday... Thank you sweet Jesus. After all of the medical ups and downs since August...
A Mother’s Advent on Behalf of her Son
Advent is the four weeks from Thanksgiving to Christmas in which we wait, with great anticipation for the arrival of Christ’s birth. It...
Remembering Levi's Friend Isaac
Dear Sweet Isaac, Here we are at the one year anniversary of your departure from this earth, back into the Lord’s heavenly arms. As you...
