My Christmas knitting is done. Although, I DID see an Angry Birds hat that James would love but I think starting a knitting project at this point isn’t so smart! We got a little dusting of snow last night. James is so excited although he wishes it were enough to crank up the snow blower. [...]
Last Friday was a big day in our family. I knew that Lee’s parole officer was taking him in at least for the weekend and most likely for longer. I was tired and emotional and wished I could just ignore the day. It was one of my classic, “I’m so tired I’m about to shut [...]
I went to visit Lee on Christmas Eve. The visiting room was decorated. A tree stood in the corner its lights twinkling brightly. A toy train chugged around the base,happily unaware of its location. The air was full of the sounds of people in a festive mood. Lots of loud talking, laughter, and smiles. There [...]
Well! We took Lee down yesterday. We had to wait awhile for the truck and we started wondering if this was going to be the same old stuff like the last job. We went out to eat –I had a gift card! We went back and had to wait awhile longer and then here came [...]
I can’t begin to describe the problems at this job. But wanted to clarify that it’s not Lee dropping a job and being lazy or looking for “pie in the sky”. While we were gone–YES we know it was really cool we could along and it was a perk of this job–ok we were gone. [...]
So far James has raised $92 for his project. He’s excited! Thank you for helping him spread the word and for giving!
For the past 3 (I think it’s 3….) someone has donated to Compassion in James’ name so that he can sponsor a child. Sponsoring a child was a long time dream of his and we are so blessed to have someone who helped us so that James could think outside of himself and care about [...]
While we were on our trip, we had lunch with my mom’s best friend. She’s known me since I was a baby. It’s a little weird to be “all grown up” and talking on an adult level with someone who was a teacher and a “Mrs.” Her husband drove semis for many years and while [...]
We had a very nice time. It was cool that Lee was getting paid while we were vacationing too! Our first stop was the Creation Museum. I’ve been very pleased with everything I’ve seen and used by Answers in Genesis and the museum was no exception. I had a coupon from the Creation seminar we [...]
We’re home! I’m sure I’ll post a wrap up of our trip for you soon. We had a very nice time and survived 8 days in the cab of a semi without being too much worse for the wear! My back and neck were pretty much ok the whole time–thank you for praying! I’m sure [...]
