Meg’s hair is finally long enough to fit in a ponytail! It’s something so small and simple but every time I wrap the band around her hair, I feel the gratitude. Days are made up of all these small things we fail to recognize the difference they make, and importance they hold. Read More …
Category: Thankful
The Luckiest Kids Ever
I figured 2 days on the road with the kids would test my hair strength, but it’s actually been really good. I haven’t pulled my hair out (yet). When we pulled up at SeaWorld the kids faces dropped in shock. The surprise was priceless! They kept asking if it was really it and if Read More …
Becoming What We Never Were Before
I got up this morning thankful to be taking Meg to her kindergarten checkup. I overlooked it was also a pre-op appointment since she’ll be put to sleep for tests next week. It felt like we were heading in the right direction, one step closer to normal. Then Meg woke up. As I mindlessly Read More …
Overcoming Doubt
We pulled into the parking lot at the hospital this morning when Meg asked, “Do you think I’m brave enough Mom?” I slid the car into park and looked at her. Her question didn’t rack my brain, it pierced my heart. Of course you are I tell her. You’re brave, courageous, and feisty Read More …
The Difference Confidence Made Today
Meg’s complained of stomach pain the last couple weeks. I took her in to be checked out to make sure it wasn’t anything other than the high pressure in her head causing her discomfort. Since it was precautionary, I was surprised when I answered the phone and heard there was good news and bad. I Read More …
Making God’s Will Our Own
This morning I asked Meg how life’s going. Without missing a beat she answers, “I don’t know but it’s delightful.” This comes from the same little girl I picked up off the floor last night after she fell asleep early curled up in a ball not feeling well. Sometimes I feel God overwhelming Read More …
Becoming Better Warriors
Meg’s been on a roller coaster, feeling really good, awful, but mostly a lot of in-between. Test results are being sent to Texas to keep the surgeon up to date while Meg will continue to be monitored. Every battle we come up against feels the same as those before. They’re trying, testing, and seem Read More …
Redemption Comes in Many Ways
Meg wipes the chalk dust off her pants but only manages to smear it. “They are such a mess now” I hear her say, “but at least they’re colorful”. As I put her to bed, she rubs my back like I normally do hers, but instead of singing one of the normal bedtime songs, Read More …
Featured in TBI Hope & Inspiration Anniversary Edition
Featured in TBI Hope & Inspiration Anniversary Edition It feels like a lifetime ago, when I googled “living with traumatic brain injury.” I was looking for others/someone/anyone who wasn’t giving medical descriptions but rather what life was really like for them. What I was really looking for, wasn’t how to live with TBI. It was to Read More …
The Unexpected Blessings of Surrender
Meg’s IV infiltrated twice before the MRI was completed. Coupled with the tape that took a layer of skin off her nose, and the effects from anesthesia, she wasn’t the happiest girl in recovery. I have to say none of which really surprised me. It’s how this goes. This is what we’ve come to Read More …