Life with Elizabeth

… convoy of love

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.Genesis 50:20 You may remember after Hurricane Harvey hit Houston my children were deeply touched by several stories that involved a child with special needs and the heroic efforts to evacuate 14 premature babies […]

… the light across the street

It wasn’t until just a few years ago that I noticed the soft glow of a light coming from the window across the street.  It was the summer that we almost lost Elizabeth; that long summer of countless sleepless nights and the fear that sleep would bring the unthinkable. There is a hallway in the […]

… a sightless year

It was a year ago today that I sat in a tiny room listening to a team of doctors tell me that Elizabeth’s sight was gone.  No explanation as to how or why, no treatment or a plan of how I was to take care of my daughter whose world had gone black.  The only […]

… a day at the farm

About 17 miles Soth there is an old white house that sits high on a hill as a farmer works his pastures below.  As the tractor moves back and forth over the land the farmer thinks of his wife and children and the life the ranch provides for them.  He is a man of God, […]

… hello fall

As a child I remember loving the summertime. Friends, pools, summer camp and beach vacations. Summer could go on and on and I would be one happy little girl! Even as I got older I still loved the idea of hot summer days, sunshine until 9pm and the first sign of lightening bugs. I couldn’t […]

… we have a secret