Let’s imagine for a moment that you are a part of a family where you are one of two children. Your mother has light hair and dark, denim blue eyes. Your father has sandy blonde hair and eyes as pure, clear blue as a summer sky. Your sister has hair so yellow it’s almost white, and eyes a shade directly...
In a year swelling with racial tension and in a year marked by the uprising of leadership who seems to oppose its’ progress, remembering Martin Luther King Jr. today has felt especially significant. I just spent the last half an hour or so listening twice to King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, which I’ve done for the last few years. ...
This week’s Thursday things, may push some buttons. I may make a few of you feel uncomfortable, but if I choose not to share some of these loves, I would be quieting a part of my heart and life and reality that is front and center, and as I’ve reverberated in past posts–this blog is the raw and honest truth. So,...
As many of you remember, just about a month ago, our son became our forever Martell Gabriel Walder. What a joy it has been to be freed of the weight of unknown and to know beyond the shadow of a doubt that this little man is ours for the keeping. Since so many of our friends and family have walked...
This last week I was fighting for the wrong things. You see, we threw a party for our son’s adoption. I wanted the party to be so cute, themed, and fun. I wanted it to involve all kinds of cute foods, decorations, and most of all the people we love. Somehow in the midst of the planning, my focus was...
For 25.5 months; 111 weeks; 778 days we have been awaiting this day. You see, 25.5 months; 111 weeks; 778 days ago, we got a call from Lutheran Social Services saying that they needed a home for a four-month old boy named Isaiah. With overwhelming excitement and genuine earnestness, we accepted. My hands shook as I called my dad to...
Hey All, I'm Lindsay. I'm here putting my heart out there for you to read and hopefully be encouraged by. This place here is my life--my parenting, my home, my Jesus, my thoughts about life. I can't wait to get to know you through this sweet and sacred place.