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Cow Appreciation Day

Yesterday was cow appreciation day at Chick-fil-A.

If you dressed as a cow from head to toe, you got your meal absolutely free.

And for a family our size, that’s a pretty decent piece of change.

We had so much fun!

The girls have been home ten months now. I am in awe of how […] Read more…

Summer Birthdays

Victoria was born on June 25th. Jonathan was born on the the 29th, and Sophia was born on the 4th of July.

So our 4th of July picnic always ends up doubling as a birthday celebration.

Jonathan and Steven enjoyed checking out the gifts.

Sophia finally got a pair of hoop earrings. She’s waited […] Read more…

Celebrating Her Life

I want to write this morning about Teresa, and how she blessed our lives in the short time we knew her.

I want to write about how Jesus shines amidst the brokenness of our lives.
And perhaps I may do that today.
But I want to share dear Ann’s post about their great loss and […] Read more…

Riding With Jesus

Sometimes God’s ways are not our ways, and I am broken to share this most recent update from Ann.

” At 3:23 pm on July 1st, Teresa has ridden her princess bike into Heaven to meet Jesus. She had her ears pierced shortly before her last breath. While we were not there when she took […] Read more…

Discarded Children

Yesterday I was sitting beside the pool watching the children swim.

Eliza was sitting next to me, and she asked me about Teresa.
I explained how dire the situation is with Teresa, (You can follow her story here.) and how desperately she needs a miracle.
In her broken English, Eliza seemed intent on understanding something.
“Her […] Read more…

Update

There is an update about Teresa on her mother’s blog. You can read it here.
Her condition is still extremely critical.
Please keep praying.
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Today Show

The Today Show will air their feature story on Teresa today at 8:45am.
Today’s a HUGE day for Teresa. Please keep praying!
Diane
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Eliza’s Animals

We have quite a few routines around here.
I find life goes so much more smoothly if we have a schedule to our days. Children just seem to thrive when they know what comes next.
For the past week or so we have been transitioning into our summer schedule. That change has been really […] Read more…

A Rough Night For Teresa

Last night tiny Teresa defied the odds again.
As the nurses were turning Teresa, the cannula to the ECMO machine that is supporting her life cracked, and Teresa was bleeding out.
That has never happened before and is an extremely anger ours situation.
BUT she is alive and recovering this morning.
You can […] Read more…

Baby Steps For Teresa

From Ann…
I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES !
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Baby Steps
Teresa is taking baby steps. She is still teaching me so much on this journey. Right now it is patience and giving complete trust and control to God.
Teresa is stable at the moment. We will let her heart rest a few more days and then […] Read more…

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