[pinit] Today, I celebrate 16 years of marriage to this amazing and handsome man. Oh the adventures we’ve had. From Michigan to Florida and back. Two fun kiddos, one scary birth. Health scares. Depression. Anxiety. This writing life. We were so young when we said “I do.” We had no idea that what we were […]
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Memorial Day Tribute
My grandfather served in both World War II and the Korean War. He never talked much about either war. But when I was in college, I wrote to him asking for family stories. I was surprised when he sent a letter that included a couple paragraphs about surviving a typhoon while on a navy ship […]
We Remember
Every Memorial Day weekend, I pull out this story that my Grandma wrote in a letter to me while I was in college. I was taking a story telling class at the time and had written my grandparents asking them to send me family stories. This one is a gem, and serves as a reminder […]
Young Love Letters – part 23
It worked out that I was able to take one week off from camp that summer to attend the national FCM conference which was being held in Grand Rapids, Michigan for the first time. Ked made the drive up north to pick me up for the week, and my parents would be meeting us at […]
Young Love Letters – a pause of thanks
I just wanted to pause in the re-telling of the love letters series to say thank you. Thank you for all of the kind comments you have left here and on Facebook. I have been humbled as you have expressed your desires for your own children to have Godly dating relationships and open communication with […]
Young Love Letters – Part 3
In case you missed the previous installments… Part 1 Part 2 July 19-23, 1993 proved to be an exciting week. My family and four of my friends from our church clown troupe headed to the conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Sidenote- one of the four that attended with us was a very sweet guy whom […]