Jesus, God of my heart, come and unite me to Thyself forever.
Posted in Children, Family, Parenting, Prayer on Aug 13th, 2008
Thank you for all the emails and comments on my blog.
Our little guy is still having a hard time. My hubby and I both think that he seems to be getting a little bit worse everyday. He wakes up in the night screaming and has been sleeping with us since Friday night. At the beginning, [...]
The first couple of days home went really well. He was eating well, sleeping well, and playing almost like he normally does. But by Sunday, he had changed.
His change from Saturday afternoon to Monday evening
Starting Saturday night, he was sleeping with us because we would wake up in the night crying. On Sunday [...]
Yesterday, Alana’s 20 month old niece, Milla was admitted to the hospital for hemolytic uremic syndrome due to ecoli poisoning.
She had surgery to put a stint in her abdomen, which went well, and they still have her sedated and will keep her that way at least until tomorrow. Since she’s still asleep, Milla has a [...]
Posted in Prayer on Jul 1st, 2008
Deb linked to this article on her blog today, and it is something to really think about.
My family has managed to accumulate A LOT of stuff. When we were first married, we were able to almost fill a full-size moving truck. And that is before we even started accumulating things; those were just the things [...]
Monica at Orthodox Mother’s Digest is asking for us to email or send a link to photos of our prayer corners.
Here is our Prayer Corner:
Our home doesn’t have a very good set-up for a prayer corner, so ours is at the end of our hallway. We plan on looking for this feature in our [...]
Posted in Children, Parenting, Prayer, Pregnancy on May 26th, 2008
Please visit Christ is In Our Midst to read this beautiful prayer.
Dmitri Petrov’s The Prayer of an Expectant Mother (2005)
I have a dear friend whose life is consumed by the guilt, grief and sorrow caused by the abortions she had at a young age. She grieves the loss of her children- on due dates, on what would have been birthdates, and in watching other children grow. She misses the milestones that her children may [...]
Yesterday Grace had pulled herself up to stand next to a book shelf and hit her mouth really hard on the edge of the shelf. She cut open her gums and we had to take her to the emergency room. After waiting for several hours, we saw the doctor and he said that she will [...]
[Children,] run to God as to your own mother. He is good and all-knowing; He loves us as a Mother loves her own children. If you ask Him, He will surely hear you and will fulfill your request, if only it is not contrary to His holy will. He Himself said “Ask and it shall [...]
Posted in Prayer on Apr 23rd, 2008
I recently said to my husband that I don’t feel as though I love the Lord enough. And he paused for a moment and asked, “Is it possible for anyone to love Him ‘enough’?”
Since the beginning of Lent, I have been trying to incorporate the Jesus Prayer more into my daily life. I’ve focused on [...]
