Throw Your Hands Up

  I Will Watch Over and Protect Her From the Beginning We’ve Been Side by Side We’re raising the roof AND praising God! Reya’s counts were through the raised roof today.  The white count doubled.  Her platelets and hemoglobin also increased. ...
One Step Closer

One Step Closer

Apheresis Machine Jalen was a Super Hero today.  I will remember this day forever.  Despite it all he pressed through his fear and did what only his body is designed 100% to do.  We arrived at the hospital, got registered and went to the Hemoc Clinic.  Jalen received...
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...