Crazy World

"We live in a crazy world. Lots of times it's good crazy. Times like this, bad crazy." - Will Hicks

If you know my #2 boy, you know he's a pretty still piece of water, that runs dangerously deep. In the midst of the chaos of this week's bombings in Boston, this was his take on the whole thing.

I'm glad we got the chance last night to see a little bit of the good crazy in the very middle of the bad crazy, and I'm thankful for a son who recognizes them both.

Trouble Everywhere

It seems as if there is trouble everywhere.

Two dear friends are battling cancer and all the craziness that hides in that. Another high school friend has a young adult daughter who is in the middle of an heroin addiction. Yet another friend's husband broke his leg above his knee and will be basically immobile for the next 3 to 4 months.

The frustrating part for those involved is there is nothing to do to actually fix it. No money, no home remedy, no power or influence can stop their journeys.

At the end of the day, there is only love. The cool thing is that's all we really need in the first place.

The ??? Day of Lent

My babies, Will and Carly.

Note: I know I'm a complete slacker when it comes to posting every day. Oh well, as they say in therapy, "Do the next right thing."



I'm thankful for a conversation I overheard Tuesday evening:

Will to Carly: Did you know that a person can actually break his leg from sneezing?

Carly: (No response)

Will: Kangaroos can't jump backwards either.

Carly: (Without looking up from her book) Hey, Will, is autism contagious?

Somethings never change. Even if my twins are 24 years old. I'm thankful for that.


Another note: Will is an assistant in a autistic unit at an elementary school. Carly and I listen to his stories every day with lots of patience, more or less.

22nd Day of Lent

I'm thankful for a mom who not only spends her life "tending" to the least of these, but loves them with her whole heart, and, not for a moment does she see them as "the least" but only and always as God himself.

21st Day of Lent

I'm thankful for these flowers. I'm more thankful for the man who sent them to me.

20th Day of Lent

My 3rd Graders

I'm thankful for them. . . all of them.

16th Day of Lent

My Number 2 Boy and Me

I'm thankful to work in a place that celebrates Pajama Day every couple of months, and I'm glad that my boy gets to share that joy with me this year.