It's been six months since we brought Pearl home. It has been six months of smiles, laughter, naptimes, a few sleepless nights, and some tears. Pearl can roll over, coos and chatters, and drools like crazy. Our guess is that she is moments away from crawling. She loves to cuddle, loves to put anything and… Continue reading A Pearl Health Update
In the centre of our town there is a beautiful open air pavilion, shaded by trees. Every spring, at the beginning of June, our church meets there to hold a Sunday morning service. It's a normal service in a special location. A year ago, standing in that pavilion, singing along with the worship band and… Continue reading This Time Last Year
It was about half past nine on Monday night when Peter and I got to the hospital. We were sent to an assessment room (a curtained-off corner) where I was hooked up to a fetal monitoring system while I waited for a doctor to see me. The curtains weren't soundproof and so we couldn't help… Continue reading Pearl’s Story – Part Two
At 3:19 in the morning on February 24th, Pearl Isobel joined us in the world. At the end of January, following a routine ultrasound in week 34 of my pregnancy, I received a phone call from my doctor. The ultrasound results were slightly abnormal - there was fluid gathered around one of the baby's kidneys.… Continue reading Pearl’s Story – Part One
The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love. He will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17 Thank you doesn't seem like a big enough response to the love I received after my last post. But it's… Continue reading Waiting…
I like to think of myself as a pretty laid back person. Certainly, I don't believe anyone who knows me could accuse me of having a Type A personality. I'm not that organized and I'm not really a planner. From the beginning of my pregnancy I joked that my birth plan was: 1. Go to… Continue reading The Birth Plan
I thought that being big and pregnant this year would give me a new perspective on Mary. A new point of view, maybe, on that young girl, carrying the saviour of the world. And while I'm more sympathetic than ever for her ride to Bethlehem on a donkey and sleeping in a stable (I can't… Continue reading Blessed Are You Among Women
There is so much about God that I don't understand and I often struggle to worship what I think of as the unfathomable nature of God. Generally, when I think about God being unfathomable it refers to the hard stuff. Death, punishment, suffering - all the things that happen and that I know break God's… Continue reading Unfathomable
I've celebrated Easter my whole life. It is the pivotal week in the Christian calendar. Those three dark days when evil seemed to win. And then, sunrise service on Easter Sunday, coloured eggs in a basket, Jesus arose. Love wins. Good triumphs. God is not dead. I've heard the story a hundred times. I've told… Continue reading In the Valley
"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me." Psalm 23:4 What's made me smile lately: This song. So I heard it first in a commercial. I enjoy it and right now I'm about letting myself enjoy things. Brand new sheets on… Continue reading Hold On, The Stars are Bound to Change
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