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6 months old

6 months ago we were unaware of the little one who would soon enter our world and steal our hearts, how could we have know the intensity and the enormity of the love we would get to experience. , and as one of my new favorite authors Shauna Niequest puts it:

"I am superhuman in my love for him (her son), that if he needed me, I would fly or bend steel or wrinkle time with the force of my love. And in the same moment, I know that all mothers feel that way, and that all mothers feel the exact inverse, the awareness that people run red lights, and we wont be there to stand in front of our son's cars, shielding them from danger with our superhuman selves....I felt powerful and powerless in the same instant, full of rabid, crushing love, and also small and out of control and scared for all the life that my son will have to live without my protection. Parenting for me feels like a love so big I can't manage it, a force so visceral l I can't contain it."

These feelings are so wonderful and scary at the same time but I LOVE how they continuously bring me back the to prayers I have prayed numerous times, entrusting Miles to God and knowing and choosing to believe that He loves him more than I ever could. I also LOVE how these feelings help to give me a little glimpse of how much God loves us, so intensely and wildly that he laid down his life to bring redemption and restoration.

So here's to 6 months of poor sleep, dateless weeks, conversations about bowel movements, changing lots of diapers....we wouldn't trade if for the world!

Triple Positive

My brother Josh had the great idea of designing t-shirts for us to wear to support my mom with the words "Triple Positive" on them. My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and told that her type of cancer is called triple negative. This is supposed to be the most difficult to treat and more aggressive type of breast cancer, well we turned the name on its head and have been wearing our t-shirts proudly, as to say this horribly negative name will not be our banner. 

Last friday night we surprised my mom with a special evening just for her, she came to door with us all wearing our new t-shirts. We went to dinner and had a really special time of prayer and encouragement for her. 

I am actually sitting in the hospital waiting room right now. They have given us good news that the surgery went really well and the lymph-nodes were BENIGN!!  She is in recovery now and we are hoping to see her soon. Thanks so much for all your texts, emails, and voice mails!