Encourage Yourself

Encourage Yourself

My heart rejoices in the promise of a bright and fulfilling future for my children and my family.  My heart leaps at the goodness and love extended toward to us.  Internal struggles and sadness are overwritten with hope and faith.  Very little prepares you for the...
Bittersweet Days

Bittersweet Days

 We took the children ‘to visit’ my Dads grave site on the 4th of July.  Jalen and Mireya were young when my father died, but they have great memories of the time they spent with him.  I was several weeks pregnant with Makinley at the time he passed, but...
Basketball and Bullies

Basketball and Bullies

Jalen’s new favorite past time is basketball.  From early rise to late in the evening you can likely find Jalen outside shooting baskets or playing a game with friends.  During our last library visit, Jalen checked out several basketball books, so he could...