Closing Doors to Open New Ones

525,600 Moments

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes. Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear. Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes. How do you measure, measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets. In midnights, in cups of coffee. In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife. In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes. HowContinue reading “525,600 Moments”

Goodbye 2010!

I did this last year, here. Abby did this last year, here. It was fun to do, and even more fun to look back on today. Here are our combined answers for 2010: Julie: What did you do in 2010 that you had never done before?J- I don’t know. Check back, maybe I’ll think ofContinue reading “Goodbye 2010!”

Where Simple Goodness Begins

Randall has scored a new job! I am so elated for him. The pride beaming in his smile is something a picture couldn’t capture, so I haven’t even bothered (plus, I have bronchitis and taking a picture of anything right now is effort I can’t muster up at this point). He is finally getting toContinue reading “Where Simple Goodness Begins”

This Place

I debated sharing my heart about this, but I just have to. I want all of you (whoever you are…we know we have lots of lurkers and we are thrilled you like us!) to feel my heartbeat at this amazing, scary, fun, life-altering, God-given and stressful time in my life. Tomorrow is my last dayContinue reading “This Place”

Well, we made a decision to stay put for a little while longer and see what great things God has planned for us. Rand was offered a job in southeast Illinois and we have been praying over this situation for two months. This morning we were able to shut the door on this opportunity andContinue reading “Closing Doors to Open New Ones”