*This post is the beginning of an attempt to respond to the Great Miracle that has happened in our lives through The Everyday Good. 2 a.m. In my bed, I wake to words that press in around me and won’t let me sleep. I get up and make my way to the quiet basement with…
Tag: God’s provision
The Space Between Here and a Miracle (Podcast Episode #4)
You can also listen and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes or Stitcher. For anyone who is waiting on God to answer prayers for a way forward… Anyone who is at the end of their own resources… Anyone who, like me, needs a boost of faith this morning… Today I am reminding myself of God’s…
Faith and Miracles (How Do You Feed Them, Answered)
One of the first questions people ask me when I tell them we have seven children is, “How do you feed them?” It’s posed as a joke, and even though I’ve been asked this dozens of times, I still scramble for a good response. I know people don’t only mean how do we pay for…
Marking a Season
I miscarried nine days before our 15th anniversary. There we sat, across the table at a little cafe, drinking coffee together. Our six living children were home with a friend who gave us the day together to celebrate our marriage. The week before, Randy and I had privately laid the whisper of a body down…
Nightmares, Morning Sickness, and Miracles Again (The Anniversary of the Day That Changed Our Life)
I can’t let this day go by without mentioning that it was one year ago today that started a series of events that has totally changed our lives. I had just found out I was pregnant with our fourth child, we were at the close of an especially hard summer financially, and I was just…
Nightmares, Miracles, and Morning Sickness
I will tell things in the order that they have happened, because the story unfolding is the most important part… About a month ago, we found out that I am pregnant again. (yes, I know how this happens; no, it wasn’t an accident; yes, I do have my hands full; no, I am not trying…