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This was the most important thing that came out of homeschooling Caleb for two years. 🥰 Psalm 30:11-12- “You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I willContinue reading “The Gospel by Caleb- But Jesus!!!”

Have I mentioned I am super optimistic? And happy. Extremely happy. People have said that about me my whole life. And it is definitely an expectation. That I be happy. I’m okay with that. Most of the time. I get it. I really appreciate people being predictable. The people I am closest to in myContinue reading “Darkness”

Alexa is all the fun. All. The. Fun. She is fun and love and energy, all tied up in the most adorable little package. She has this raspy voice that sounds like she has been a chain-smoker since birth. It is so so so cute. She is so happy. She is so creative. She isContinue reading “Alexa Sabrina (age 7)”

Collin is fascinating. It has been so much fun to think about our fabulous 5, individually. I am realizing that Collin is the hardest to put into words, words that everyone will understand. What if you don’t understand how special he is? So let’s just start there. He is special. Ok. Phew. Pressure’s off. CollinContinue reading “Collin James (age 8)”

Cheyenne came into the world way early and weighing in at just over 1 pound. She had heart surgery at 1 day old. Her doctors did not think she would survive the surgery, but they knew she wouldn’t survive without it. In His great love for her, our Lord carried her through that surgery andContinue reading “Cheyenne Christina (age 11)”

Silas is such a good kid…. I mean SUCH a good kid. He has always been a good kid. Ryan and I really can’t take any credit for him at all. The Lord began working in his heart at a young age. He has always had a strong conscience and strong convictions. Don’t get meContinue reading “Silas Michael (age 13)”

Caleb is love and connection. There is absolutely no one else like him. We are so so so proud of him and absolutely cannot imagine our lives, or a world, without him. So, as you may already know, Caleb has special needs. I don’t want to devote much space to this fact in this postContinue reading “Caleb Ryan (age 15)”

I used to think everyone thought like me. I know it’s silly, but I did. It still takes me by surprise way more than it should. I just really want everything to make sense. People. Their actions. Their reactions. I think that is part of why relationships are so hard. The bigger part is sin,Continue reading “Perspective”

My name is Cindy. All the “suggestions” for starting a blog say to start off by introducing yourself, tell a little about who you are. That’s complicated to me. At first I thought about how other people would describe me. Most would say one of the following: “Tall with curly hair”, “Runner”, “Happy.” While allContinue reading “Hi!”