A few weeks ago, during my early morning quiet coffee time, my 7-year-old little guy came clumsily around the corner. He slid under my blanket and snuggled up next to me. Wiping sleep from his eyes and yawning, he looked up at me and quietly asked, “Hey mama, can I...
With a lump in my throat, I placed my phone back down on the counter. I was fighting back the tears as my then 8-year-old came around the corner with her daily question, “What are we doing today mama?” It was summertime, and my adventurous girl liked to have a plan....
I paced the room with butterflies the size of Texas in my stomach! I alternated between nausea and excitement. It was surreal! I was talking incessantly, and every thought known to man about regret verses gladness circled in my brain. I was about to meet our first...
Dan and I snuggled in one night on the couch amid the first quiet moments that followed bedtime. You know the moments I am talking about; The first deep breath and gentle realization that your precious ones are tucked in (for at least a few hours). For me this moment...
I remember the moment we sent the final paperwork off to China. My hands were trembling as we pushed send on our email. So many steps had been walked. So many forms filled out. So many meetings, home studies, fundraisers, and travel plans. There were so many things to...
We had just arrived home from church on a rainy Sunday morning and I sat, rocking my sobbing, tired 5-year-old. She had cried all the way home from church once again. Almost every Sunday this was our routine, but this time, I sat drowning in hopelessness. As I rocked...
About twenty years ago, I came across a version of Psalm 139 that was new to me. As I read the thin pages of this bible, I came across a verse that literally jumped off the page. It was verse 14, and it read “Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your...
Hi there! We are the crazy cool parents to 5 amazing and crazy cool kiddos. But, first, we are Dan and Elizabeth Thorndike – married 15 years and living this life one moment at a time. We have a full and blessed life, but we are clumsily tackling a journey we never foresaw ourselves living.
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