by JemB | Oct 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
If you are reading this you probably know us well enough to know that we do not have a daughter. Or at least we have never given birth to a daughter or legally adopted one. But we have had a daughter of our heart for about 13 years now.B only lived in our home for a...
by JemB | Oct 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
I recently finished reading through the Gospel of Mark, but am still working through some of the insights I gained. For instance, in reading the passages detailing Jesus’ last days before He died I read again of Peter’s denial, three times over, that he...
by JemB | Oct 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
Here I am on the eve of starting a new year of life. I used to say that I was born to be older. I was never one who was bothered to approach or celebrate “milestone birthdays.” I thought it was great to turn 21, 30, 40, and even 50 was good. Now that I...
by JemB | Oct 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
Yes, National Coffee Day was a great reason to celebrate on Monday, and then there’s Columbus Day coming up, and the World Series, and all kinds of reasons we can find to celebrate – but today, yes today October 1 I have THE BEST reason of all to celebrate...
by JemB | Sep 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I repeatedly heard the phrase,”a simple life.” This morning I woke up ruminating on those words and wondered what would a simple life look like for me? My mind began to think about limiting multi tasking, reducing the amount of electronic...
by JemB | Sep 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
StephenToday I joined with about 200 other people to celebrate the life of my friend Stephen. Stephen’s mom shared that when he was born nearly 31 years ago she was afraid and didn’t know what to do or how to parent a child with his disabilities. It is...
