Nitty.Gritty.

ABOUT THIS BLOG- You have stumbled upon a link to the daily musings of my crazy life. I say crazy because things happen to me that probably don't happen to you that often- or even ever. I will write candidly about these events in hopes to learn from them, teach you about them, or just to document that they actually happened. It could be anything...but I promise to keep it real!

Showing posts with label care. Show all posts

Showing posts with label care. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Kindness is a wonderful lesson to teach.

My boys aren't naturally kind. Not to me. Not to their dad. Not to their siblings. Sometimes not even to themselves. These guy...

Friday, September 14, 2012

Sometimes I think my biggest issue in life...

We are living in a beautiful rental home right now, awaiting the sale of our home in Michigan. We've been in this house just a f...

Monday, October 04, 2010

Adjusting.

My parents left this morning to go back to their home in Minnesota. They were such a great help and support system for us this past week. W...

Thursday, September 30, 2010

So far she's been a trooper!

My apologies for taking so long in posting an update. Besides entertaining my parents (actually the kids are doing a good job of that!), sta...

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Home again.

We're home with Wyndham from the hospital today. She is happy to be here but still needs a lot of rest and tlc. She has eaten a bit and ...

Thursday, November 19, 2009

The invisible connections...

In sharing openly about our loss of Teagan and the sudden reality of trauma, grief, sorrow and heartache in our day-to-day lives our family...

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Heartache and Joy.

Their story has touched me since we first swapped emails a few years ago. I have invited you, my friends, to pray several times for Jaymun ...

Monday, May 04, 2009

Maybe you need to hear this too...

I turned on the radio for about 30 seconds today and this is, in part, what I heard in that short amount of time... "There is a Power i...

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Thank you.

Thank you for your support and care for me and my family as we marked another birthday and celebrated despite Teagan being gone. I have to t...

Friday, December 12, 2008

I was a little girl in the 1970's.

I just couldn't pass up sharing these photos today and in so doing, hopefully encourage some of you to squeeze in a little handmade goo...

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

More thoughts on the game...

Here are more pictures of Crew. If you're related to him and live out-of-state, these are for you. Click on the top photo to enlarge...

Friday, October 17, 2008

He's taken over...

Four weeks ago at this point in time I was having a discussion with Chip between contractions and replays of tee shots from the Ryder Cup, ...

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Family-resemblences.

Several people have seen Crew in person and most people think he looks a lot like Isabella. I keep seeing a lot of Brock and Ava in him. The...

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Sending our love home.

Brock and Chip are headed to Minnesota to be with Chip's family at this time. My doctor "highly discouraged" a 10-hour roadtri...

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Understanding.

Many of you have emailed me and sent links and notes about your sorrow for the Chapman Family and the recent death of their little girl, Mar...

Monday, May 19, 2008

Asking for your prayers. Again.

Many of you will probably remember this handsome little guy from some time ago when I was following his story closely and even invited some...

Thursday, May 01, 2008

The month of May

It's crazy to think my kids will be done with an entire school year at the end of this month. Despite the seemingly long and endless win...

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Recycling and notebooks.

This is a series of photos showing you first, the type of packaging I used to make a little scrap book and some detailed pictures showing h...

Thursday, March 27, 2008

715 posts...

This post is number 715. That's a lot of pictures and stories and ups and downs and thoughts and ramblings, wouldn't you agree? The...

Monday, February 04, 2008

One chin looks good on me...

{For lack of better title on this post...} I had good intentions to post a family picture here today. I was happy that my Mom could snap a ...

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About Me

Jody: Hi. I am a wife and mother of 7- six of them are at home and underfoot, one is in Heaven and they have all captured my heart! I am 42, but feel like I have lived through more than some people do in a lifetime. I have definitely had some rough spots...but have challenged myself to not let those events consume or define me. I try to look at life in a positive light...and most often that means I look to God for the strength to do so. He is the source of my joy and happiness in life- even in the midst of chaos at times. Ultimately I hope to live a life that inspires or challenges other people to be their best. Kind of like a "white Oprah." I mean that with deep respect.

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