This past week we celebrated nine years since diagnosis day. For fun I looked back at my photo/video library from the days surrounding those initial days of diagnosis. I posted a video on our social media from that day July 29, 2011 sitting at the dinner table watching our littles (then 3 y.o. and 18 […]
First Monday…Are you Kitting me? (July Edition)
Now that the very different school year ended, we have moved into a very different kind of summer. Vacations are canceled, jobs are lost, people are hurting, and many are still cautious. With all that is going on, if we aren’t careful with our thoughts, they are likely to take us into a scary downward […]
First Monday…Are You Kitting Me (Summer is Here! Edition)
“When we show up with compassion for others, our own disappointments won’t ring as hollow or sting with sorrow nearly as much.” -Lysa Terkeurst, IT’S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY Over the last few weeks I have been participating in a Zoom Bible study with the ladies of my home church. We are discussing […]
First Monday…Are You Kitting Me? (COVID-19 edition #2)
May Day Has Come, Now it’s the First May Monday! May Day means creative basket arrangements of flowers in my beloved hometown of Annapolis, MD. May Day means Lei Day in my husband’s hometown in Hawaii. Flowers in any form are enough to bring some joy to this quarantine season. This is also about the time that I start […]
First Monday…Are You Kitting Me? (COVID-19 edition)
It’s Spring! And Easter is A’Comin! Is it just me or does it feel like a lot longer than a month since the last First Monday email? This First Monday also marks our fourth week into this Coronavirus quarantine/social distancing season. It is our new reality, people say. In some ways, I hope it is so. Although […]