Grieving

Can you hear it?: Part 6 of 7

I am not the only one with a story… That is exactly how I felt in December when I posted “You Tell Me…” That was the first time I realized God had you in mind all along. A few weeks would pass and then it happened… 4 days that changed everything… While visiting family, I [&hellip

The Island

When I was a child, a family friend lost her husband and her oldest son in an accident. It shook our little community to the core. We truly were never the same. During that time, I hurt so badly for that sweet mom and those children. She was asked to face the ultimate challenge. After [&hellip

Can you hear it?: Part 5 of 7

A new day, a new life… Hold on to what you believe Gabe… In the hospital the prayers came from those who loved Lindsay. I would post on Facebook updates on her status. Again, this was another puzzle piece that would be put in place. The encouragement from everyone was amazing… So many God loving [&hellip

Can you hear it?: Part 4 of 7

August 2011 Lindsay: Take a look at this, what do you think it is? Gabe: I don’t know, is it a bite? Lindsay: No, I plucked an ingrown hair and now it looks like this. Gabe: It looks infected. Have you tried popping it? Lindsay: No, it hurts. Gabe: Here, let me try! Lindsay: NO! [&hellip

Can you hear it?: Part 3 of 7

While standing in the wind… I started seeing my life differently. It wasn’t so much the things that I had done and what I would have changed, but more about what I can do now and beyond that, what am I suppose to do? It was taking a good, long, hard look at myself and [&hellip

Can you hear it?: Part 2 of 7

Lindsay and I would agree all the time that we had lived a very blessed life and we knew where every one of those blessings came from. At the same time, especially in the last couple of years I would say to Lindsay… “You know all of this can be taken away in an instance.”, [&hellip

Can you hear it?: Part 1 of 7

On December 30th, 2010 my life was put into a different gear, (Read here) God had decided it was time to get something done with me. I was on the sidelines for too long or He just had “this” planned all along and now was the time to put everything in to motion… The puzzle [&hellip

Well Done

Lindsay, Remember when we first started talking about having a baby? 🙂 We were so clueless! If you want to remember the true first time we even talked about it, I have the IM chat from my freshman year of college where we both liked the name Kylie Paige for a girl. We had the [&hellip

That’s Mine

Have you seen the movie “Finding Nemo?” Do you remember the part with the seagulls on the dock fighting over the fish? “Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine.” We have entered the “mine” stage. Everyday I get the pleasure of hearing what is Presley’s. She will say “mine” to any and everything- including food, toys, clothes, [&hellip

My Littlest Love

Oh my sweet, sweet Presley Paige. Some days my heart hurts for you more than for me. I know you can’t hurt right now for your dad because you are too small, but you should know I have been doing enough hurting for the both of us. I know there will be a day when [&hellip