On Wednesday I woke up coughing again. Just two weeks earlier I had gone to the doctor and had been given antibiotics and a steroid. It never fails that I get a nice case of bronchitis around Jackson's birthday and Christmas. Wednesday I thought it was back so I drug myself to Urgent Care to try and get it under control before Christmas Eve. Imagine my surprise when they wanted to swab me for the flu and the results were positive. I walked my achey, weary body to my car, called my mom, and Continue Reading
From Our Family to Yours….
We pray your Christmas is filled with the love of Christ! Wishing you love, peace, hope, & joy! John, Jennifer & Jackson May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. ~ Romans 15:13 Continue Reading
The Gift of Purple
Jackson and Autry share a special bond. It began long before we knew about the little boy who would capture our hearts. It took root the moment Autry found out we were adopting. She became part of our story - she still is. When Autry was about Jackson's age she had a special stuffed animal she took everywhere. Wherever Autry went, Purple went. Imagine the crisis when Purple went missing. Her parents searched and searched, my mom (who kept Autry at the time) looked everywhere, but there was no Continue Reading
Five Minute Friday {Adore}
Confession: I've been a Grinch the past few days. The list of Christmas fun hanging on the fridge has been left unchecked. I'm several days behind on my Advent reading. I've just bitten off more than I can chew this season. I'm looking forward to December 25th - or maybe January 1st. My attitude stinks and nothing seems very magical in these days leading up to Christmas. But this morning as I wrapped a special gift I got choked up. I saw past the stress and craziness of the past few Continue Reading
Our Christmas Traditions {New and Old}
This year we told our families that we wanted to be at home with Jackson on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. It was such a hard decision. We've spent the past 30+ years waking up at one of our parent's house on Christmas morning. But Jackson's getting older and we want him to wake up at home; to run into the living room and see what Santa has left under the tree. We want our floor to be littered with wrapping paper. For there to be no place to be other than together in our living Continue Reading